

Lot 166S2
A fine pair of Bimendi-engraved 20-bore (2¾in) self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Aguirre & Aranzabal, no. 541-96/542-96 In their leather case with canvas cover
8 December 2010, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £9,600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA fine pair of Bimendi-engraved 20-bore (2¾in) self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Aguirre & Aranzabal, no. 541-96/542-96
The toplevers, ribs and forend-levers numbered '1' and '2' in gold, hand-detachable lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, trigger-plates engraved 'Bimendi', articulated front-triggers, rolled-edge trigger-guards with interlaced 'IM' inlaid in gold, manual safeties, well-figured stocks, beaver-tail forends, the chopper-lump barrels, engraved AYA-Aguirre & Aranzabal-Made in Spain, with matt Churchill-style ribs and self-opening compressors
Weight 6lb. 9oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 9½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 28¾in. barrels, approx. ¼ & cyl. choke (No. 1) and ¼ & I.C. choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof
In their leather case with canvas cover
Weight 6lb. 9oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 9½oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. stocks, 28¾in. barrels, approx. ¼ & cyl. choke (No. 1) and ¼ & I.C. choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Spanish nitro proof
In their leather case with canvas cover