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Lot 126S2

A 16-bore (2¾in) boxlock non-ejector gun by James Woodward & Sons, no. 6126

6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,020 inc. premium

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A 16-bore (2¾in) boxlock non-ejector gun by James Woodward & Sons, no. 6126

The sides of the treble-grip action-body with some foliate-scroll engraving, traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock stamped 93-4322 to lower edge, the barrels with game-rib engraved James Woodward, 64 St. James's Street, London, S.W., the breech-end stamped with the Eley 'EBL' shield trade-mark
Weight 5lb. 15½oz., 14¾in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. 3/8 & 5/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, recent London nitro reproof

Footnotes

Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1909 for Joyce & Co. This may well be the ammunition and gunpowder manufacturers, recorded in London until the same year

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