Product Details
WILLIAM POWELL & SON
A 12-BORE (2IN.) 'TWELVE-TWENTY' W. BAKER 1906 PATENT ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 14503, with extra 12-bore (2 1/2in.) barrels,
for 1937, original 26in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'WILLIAM POWELL & SON. (GUNMAKERS) LTD. 35. CARR'S LANE. BIRMINGHAM.', and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum,
new 26in. nitro barrels (in 1990), rib engraved 'WILLIAM POWELL & SON. 35. CARRS LANE. BIRMINGHAM.', and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, slender W. Baker patent assisted-opening action, patent no. 26,903 of 27th November 1906 with Baker patent ejectors, slim carved foliate fences, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving with central floral bouquets, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 15in. figured stock including 1 1/4in. wooden extension, the hand with a well-applied pistolgrip (to enable one handed shooting), weight 5lb. 4oz., (2in. chambered barrels) and 5lb. 8oz. (2 1/2in. chambered barrels), in a brass-cornered Brady leather case (provision for both sets of barrels) with gold-tooled William Powell & Son trade label
Provenance: We are kindly informed that the gun was sold on the 12th November 1937 as the No.2 gun of a pair with gun No. 14478. The gun was subsequently resold by the makers on 1st January 1948
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act