Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 18327 / 8,
30in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels (in 2014), ribs engraved '1' and '2' and 'J. PURDEY & SONS AUDLEY HOUSE SOUTH AUDLEY STREET LONDON MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in all, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, toplevers engraved '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, arrow cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll and floral bouquet engraving, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening, 15 1/4in. figured (possible replacement) stocks including 1in. rubber recoil pads, cracks to right underhorns and setting cracks to rear of lockplates, fore-end woods with cracks, weight 6lb. 10oz., in a Purdey brass-cornered oak and leather case with internal protecting flap
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in August 1905 for a K. Chalmers.
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Estimate £8,000-10,000
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