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Product Details
HENRY ATKIN (FROM PURDEY'S)
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 2335 / 2606,
circa 1916 and for 1923, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the ribs engraved 'HENRY ATKIN LTD. (FROM PURDEY'S) 88 JERMYN ST. LONDON. S.W.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends with acanthus scroll detailing, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, spring-opening actions based on the Beesley / Purdey 1880 patent with 1909 model improved ejectors, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the undersides with 'HENRY ATKIN FROM PURDEY'S' in an oval, retaining slight traces of renewed colour-hardening and much finish, 14 1/2in. figured stocks including rubber recoil pads, leather cheek pad inserts, weight 6lb. 9oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 7oz. (No.2), in their brass-cornered oak and leather double guncase
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act