A pair of 12-bore detachable-boxlock ejector guns by Westley Richards, no. 17441/2
The toplevers, ribs and forend-levers numbered '1' and '2' in gold, the sides of the scroll-backed treble-grip action-bodies with the makers name in a scrolling banners surrounded by foliate-scrollwork, the trigger-guards engraved depicting a pointer in a woodland setting, well-figured stocks with wood extensions and ebonite butt-plates, horn-tipped forends (No. 1 chipped), the Westley Richards Special Steel barrels with game-ribs engraved Westley Richards, 178 New Bond St., London, Gun Makers By Appointment To His Majesty George V Rex Et Imp
Weight 6lb. 12oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pull (13 7/8in. stock) (No. 1) and 15 1/8in. pull (13¾in. stock) (No. 2), 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof (right barrel-thicknesses at 20-)
In a Westley-Richards brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 12oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pull (13 7/8in. stock) (No. 1) and 15 1/8in. pull (13¾in. stock) (No. 2), 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof (right barrel-thicknesses at 20-)
In a Westley-Richards brass-mounted oak and leather case
Sold for
£6,875
inc. premium
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- Extra lot: A pair of 12-bore detachable-boxlock ejector guns by Westley Richards
Category: Arms and Armour / Sporting Guns
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