Lot 174
A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE (2¾IN) SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, NO. 2247/8 In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
31 March 2004, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£9,000 - £12,000
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Find your local specialistA FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE (2¾IN) SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, NO. 2247/8
The fences carved with stylized acanthus leaves, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the No. 1 gun with a wooden extension, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 14oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 11¾oz. (No.2), 15¾in. pulls, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. I.C., 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 14oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 11¾oz. (No.2), 15¾in. pulls, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. I.C., 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1914