Product Details
EDWINSON GREEN & SON
A 16-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6087, with extra 20-bore barrels,
for 1899, original 28in. Whitworth-steel nitro reproved chopperlump barrels the rib engraved 'EDWINSON GREEN & SON. GLOUCESTER & CHELTENHAM.', the tubes engraved 'SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTHS FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, right wall thickness below recommended minimum;
extra 28in. 20-bore nitro barrels (London proof for 1991), rib engraved 'EDWINSON GREEN & SON. GLOUCESTER & CHELTENHAM.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 3/4 choke;
automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, brushed and reblued finish overall, 14 5/8in. figured stock including 1in. leather-covered recoil pad, replacement fore-end wood (original fore-end wood supplied), the fore-end fitted for the 20-bore barrels, weight 5lb. 14oz. (16-bore) 6lb. 3oz. (20-bore), in a brass-cornered oak and leather case with provision for both sets of barrels and with gold-tooled Edwinson Green & Son leather trade label
Provenance: a copy of the original ledger entry comes with the Lot, which confirms the gun was gun was ordered on the 23rd January 1899 as a '16g S Lock, h'less Deeley ejector, Whitworth's 28" barrels' for a Lee Williams and that the stock measurements appear to be made to match those of a Horsley hammergun.
A note in red at the top of the order indicates it was for the Gloucester shop: 'For Glos'ter'
Other Notes: The vendor has kindly informed us that the gun will require some internal work before use, having had it recently inspected by his gunsmith. The strikers are bent and the striker housing is damaged to one side and partially repaired the other. Inside, the left side of the action behind the fences has had a weld repair and there is an internal crack to the head of the stock
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act