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Lot 233S2

A 28-bore boxlock ejector gun by F. Beesley, no. 2562

8 December 2010, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

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A 28-bore boxlock ejector gun by F. Beesley, no. 2562

The sides of the action-body with the makers name engraved in a scrolling banner surrounded by best foliate-scrollwork, traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with wood extension, the barrels with game-rib engraved F. Beesley, 2 St. James's Street, London, SW
Weight 4lb. 15oz., 14 1/8in. pull (11 5/8in. stock), 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1924

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