Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2017 : Sale A0617 Lot 1433 - S2
F. BEESLEY A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2389,

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F. BEESLEY
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2389,
29 3/4in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels (slightly loose on action), the rib engraved 'F. BEESLEY. 2 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. PALL MALL CORNER' and gold-inlaid '1' at the breech end, the tubes engraved 'WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL' and with acanthus scroll detailing at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, carved leaf fences, toplever gold-inlaid '1', manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the sideplates with scrolling banners engraved 'F. BEESLEY. PATENT. LONDON.' around a coronet, the underside with 'BEESLEY'S PATENT' in an oval, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. well-figured stock, light damage to right leading edge of fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 11oz., in a leather case with C.B. Vaughan trade label

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Estimate £2,000-2,500

S2