Product Details
* J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 11472,
for 1883, 29in. replacement nitro reproved barrels (by the makers in 1889) with sunken rib (engraving worn illegible), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, left wall at 19, bar-in-wood, carved percussion fences, rebounding locks with dolphin hammers, best fine border and acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, brushed finish, some pins reblued, 15in. figured stock (possible replacement) including 7/8in. wooden extension, weight 6lb. 13oz., together with a leather leg of mutton guncase
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
No. 11,472
Completed: 1st June 1883
For: C. H. Ridgeway Esq.
Description: A bar-in-wood game gun
Weight: 6lb. 14oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 28in. Damascus steel
Choke: Cyl. & Cyl.
Stock: 14?in.
Notes:
Whitworth steel barrels fitted by us in February of 1889
Later sold to an R. D. Akehurst
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Estimate £800-1,200
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act