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Lot 198S2

A pair of 12-bore (2¾in) sidelock ejector guns by West Wales Gun Co., no. 108/9
In their brass-mounted leather case

Amended
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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A pair of 12-bore (2¾in) sidelock ejector guns by West Wales Gun Co., no. 108/9

The toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, the treble-grip action-bodies with concealed third-bites and side-clips, bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, articulated front-triggers, rolled-edge trigger-guards, well-figured stocks with ebonite butt-plates, the chopper-lump barrels, engraved West Wales Gun Co., 6 James Street, Pontardawe, with matt concave-ribs
Weight 6lb. 15oz. (No. 1) and 7lb. 2oz. (No. 2), 14 3/8in. pulls (14¼in. stocks) (No. 1) and 14¾in. pull (14 3/8in. stock) (No. 2), 26in. barrels, both approx. cyl. & ¼ choke, 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
In their brass-mounted leather case

Saleroom notices

The No. 1 gun has a slight crack behind the right lockplate, and the No. 2 gun has been chipped and repaired at the lower horns

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