A pair of 12-bore (2¾in) 'No. 1' sidelock ejector guns by Aguirre & Aranzabal, nos. 449949/50
The toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, hand-detachable lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, virtually full hardening-colour, articulated front-triggers, rolled-edge trigger-guards, figured stocks, the Cromo-Niquel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs (No. 1 detached at muzzle) engraved AYA-Aguirre & Aranzabal-Made in Spain
Weight 6lb. 11½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 28in. barrels, approx. cyl. & 3/8 choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof
In a Brady leather motor-case
Weight 6lb. 11½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 28in. barrels, approx. cyl. & 3/8 choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof
In a Brady leather motor-case
Estimate:
£5,000 - 7,000
€5,900 - 8,200
US$ 7,600 - 11,000
€5,900 - 8,200
US$ 7,600 - 11,000
Footnotes
- These guns are in very good condition and appear to have had little use
Category: Arms and Armour / Sporting Guns
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