Lot 197S2
A 12-bore (2¾in) self-opening sidelock ejector pigeon gun by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 16086 The whole in a brass-mounted canvas double-guncase with Cogswell & Harrison trade-label
8 December 2010, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £9,600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 12-bore (2¾in) self-opening sidelock ejector pigeon gun by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 16086
With two sets of barrels
The treble-grip action-body with concealed third-bite, side-clips, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, some hardening-colour, well-figured stock (shortened, line to rear of right lockplate and top-tang, slightly swept at comb) with recoil-pad, the original Whitworth Steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib engraved J. Purdey & Sons, Audley House, South Audley Street, London Made of Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Pressed Steel; the additional barrels (by the maker) with game-rib engraved similarly
14¾in. pull (13 7/8in. stock)
Original barrels:- Weight 7lb. 8½oz., 30in. barrels, approx. cyl. & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
Additional barrels:- Weight 7lb. 8¼oz., 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
The whole in a brass-mounted canvas double-guncase with Cogswell & Harrison trade-label
The treble-grip action-body with concealed third-bite, side-clips, best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, some hardening-colour, well-figured stock (shortened, line to rear of right lockplate and top-tang, slightly swept at comb) with recoil-pad, the original Whitworth Steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib engraved J. Purdey & Sons, Audley House, South Audley Street, London Made of Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Pressed Steel; the additional barrels (by the maker) with game-rib engraved similarly
14¾in. pull (13 7/8in. stock)
Original barrels:- Weight 7lb. 8½oz., 30in. barrels, approx. cyl. & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
Additional barrels:- Weight 7lb. 8¼oz., 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
The whole in a brass-mounted canvas double-guncase with Cogswell & Harrison trade-label
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1898 as 'Prize Gun for Moscow', and that the additional barrels were completed in 1905