
Lot 505S2
A 16-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector gun by William Evans, no. 14305
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £750 inc. premium
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A 16-bore single-trigger sidelock ejector gun by William Evans, no. 14305
Incorporating W. Evan's and W. Corrie's patent single-trigger, patent No. 4472 of 3rd March 1905, the toplever, rib and forend-tip numbered '1' in gold, the treble-grip action-body with border-scroll engraving, rolled-edge trigger-guard, the figured stock with recoil-pad, the sleeved barrels (loose on action) with game-rib with maker's name and address (indistinct)
Weight 6lb. 4oz., 13⅞in. pull (13in. stock), 28in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Weight 6lb. 4oz., 13⅞in. pull (13in. stock), 28in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1926 for Sir Digby Legard as No. 1 of a pair
Sir James Digby Legard K.C.B. (1846–1935) was a Colonel in the British Army