Product Details
PURDEY
A 16-BORE 1863 PATENT (SECOND PATTERN) PUSH-FORWARD THUMBHOLE UNDERLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 9780,
for 1877, 30in. lined nitro fine damascus barrels, the rib engraved 'J. PURDEY 314 1/2, OXFORD STREET, LONDON.' and '2' (refreshed), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, action incorporating J. Purdey 1863 second pattern thumbhole underlever and Purdey 1863 double bite, patent no. 1104 of 2nd May 1863, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers, the standing breech engraved 'PATENT', the flats marked 'No. 2', best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, 14 3/8in. stock (repaired crack at hand) with steel toe plate, fore-end with crosspin release, weight 6lb. 2oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 1877
For: Sir William Knatchbull
Description: The no.2 of a pair of breech-loading hammer guns
Weight: Not Recorded
Calibre: 16-bore
Barrels: 30in.
Choke: 'Choke Bore'
Stock: 14 1/4 1/16 - Cast off but 'For Left Eye'
Notes:
Incorporating the Purdey push-forward thumb-lever patent, 2nd Type
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act