
Lot 175S2
A 20-bore (2¾in) : 20-bore (3in) shot & ball boxlock ejector gun by Watson Bros., no. 7571 The whole in a brass-mounted canvas case with Watson Bros trade-label (handle partially detached)
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£4,000 - £6,000
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A 20-bore (2¾in) : 20-bore (3in) shot & ball boxlock ejector gun by Watson Bros., no. 7571
With two sets of barrels
The treble-grip action-body with concealed third-bite, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, highly-figured stock (very slightly swept at comb) with ebonite butt-plate, the shot & ball barrels, engraved Watson Bros, Gunmakers, 13, Pall Mall, London, with matt-rib; the shot barrels (numbered TH18911), engraved similarly, with matt-rib
14 3/8in. pull (14in. stock)
Shot & ball barrels:- Weight 6lb. 4¾oz., 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C., 2¾in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Shot barrels:- Weight 6lb. 3¼oz., 28in. barrels, both approx. 5/8 choke, 3in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
The whole in a brass-mounted canvas case with Watson Bros trade-label (handle partially detached)
The treble-grip action-body with concealed third-bite, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, highly-figured stock (very slightly swept at comb) with ebonite butt-plate, the shot & ball barrels, engraved Watson Bros, Gunmakers, 13, Pall Mall, London, with matt-rib; the shot barrels (numbered TH18911), engraved similarly, with matt-rib
14 3/8in. pull (14in. stock)
Shot & ball barrels:- Weight 6lb. 4¾oz., 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C., 2¾in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Shot barrels:- Weight 6lb. 3¼oz., 28in. barrels, both approx. 5/8 choke, 3in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
The whole in a brass-mounted canvas case with Watson Bros trade-label (handle partially detached)
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1912 with two sets of barrels. The shot & ball barrels appear to have been proofed for a 510 grain bullet, and the shot barrels were built with 3in. chambers