


Lot 206AS2
A fine pair of 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector guns by James Woodward & Sons, no. 5816/7 In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Amended
6 April 2011, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £16,800 inc. premium
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A fine pair of 12-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector guns by James Woodward & Sons, no. 5816/7
Toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, best foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides engraved Woodward's Single Trigger, much hardening-colour, arcaded fences, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, non-selective single-triggers, well-figured replacement stocks, the Whitworth Steel chopper-lump barrels (No. 1 slightly loose on action) with game-ribs engraved James Woodward & Sons, 64 St. James's Street, London Made of Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Pressed Steel
Weight 6lb. 7¾oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8¼oz. (No. 2), 14 5/8in. stocks, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 7¾oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8¼oz. (No. 2), 14 5/8in. stocks, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1912 for Colonel Valentine Charles Browne CVO, Viscount Castelrosse and 5th Earl of Kenmare (1860-1941). They were originally fitted with semi-pistolgrip stocks
Saleroom notices
The single-trigger of the No. 2 gun requires regulating This is an extra lot