



Lot 204S2
A pair of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 18233/4 In their brass-mounted oak and leather case with canvas cover
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,800 inc. premium
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A pair of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 18233/4
Toplevers and ribs engraved '1' and '2', best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, articulated front-triggers, well-figured stocks (both shortened, No. 1 cracked at hand) with wood extensions, the Whitworth Steel chopper-lump barrels (No. 1 slightly loose on action) with game-rib engraved J. Purdey & Sons, Audley House, South Audley Street, London Made of Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Pressed Steel
Weight 6lb. 15oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 14¾oz. (No. 2), 15 3/8in. pulls (13 3/8in. stocks), 29½in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (both left barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case with canvas cover
Weight 6lb. 15oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 14¾oz. (No. 2), 15 3/8in. pulls (13 3/8in. stocks), 29½in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (both left barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case with canvas cover
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1905 with 13 7/8in. stocks and that the barrel-lengths are original