Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 1468 - S2
J. PURDEY & SONS A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 19598,

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J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 19598,
30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID-PRESSED STEEL', and gold-inlaid '2' with a flash of scroll at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, self-opening action, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish, 14 1/4in. figured replacement stock with escutcheon engraved 'P.M.W. 99, weight 6lb. 13oz.

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in May 1910 for a W.H. Goff, as No.2 of a pair

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Estimate £5,000-7,000

S2