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Lot 109S2

A 12-bore (2¾in) hammer gun by Purdey, no. 6876
Together with a contemporary unlined oak case with space for two sets of barrels

6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,500

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A 12-bore (2¾in) hammer gun by Purdey, no. 6876

Purdey patent snap-action underlever (possibly adapted), rebounding backlocks with dolphin hammers, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with wood extension, the sleeved barrels with game-rib engraved Sleeved by E.C. Ashthorpe, Severn Stoke Works
Weight 6lb. 2oz., 14 3/8in. pull (13 7/8in. stock), 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Together with a contemporary unlined oak case with space for two sets of barrels

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1865, but it is not noted as to whether it was built as a pinfire or a centrefire. The first to be definitively noted as centrefire in the records is gun no. 6992

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