Product Details
* PURDEY
A 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 8798,
for 1872, 29 7/8in. black powder only damascus barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET. LONDON.', serial number engraved on barrel flats, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, left wall at 19, rebounding back-action 'isolated' locks with carved dolphin hammers, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining some colour-hardening and finish, 14in. figured stock, weight 7lb. 8oz., in a modern tan guncase
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed the following information:
Completed: 1872
For: Mons. Pastre of Paris
Description: A Breech-loading hammer game gun
Weight: Not Recorded
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 28in.
Choke: Cyl. & Cyl.
Stock: 14 1/4in.
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act