


Lot 535S2
A pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by J. Woodward & Sons, no. 5241/2
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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A pair of 12-bore sidelock ejector guns by J. Woodward & Sons, no. 5241/2
With two extra sets of barrels
The toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, arcaded fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, lockplates inset with protruding tumbler-pivots and gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, well-figured stocks, the replacement chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs engraved James Woodward & Sons, 64 St. James's Street, London, Made of Special Gun Barrel Steel, the extra barrels with game-ribs engraved New barrels by B.E. Chaplin (Gunmakers) Ltd. 6 Southgate Street, Winchester
Weight 6lb. 11oz.(No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 15¼in. stocks, 29in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ⅜ choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (No. 1 left barrel-thickness at 19 thou and No. 2 both barrels at 16 thou)
Extra barrels:- Weight 6lb. 12oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and ⅜ & ¾ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof (No. 1 right barrel-thickness at 19+ thou and No. 2 both barrel-thicknesses at 19 thou)
In their leather motorcase
The toplevers, ribs and forend-tips numbered '1' and '2' in gold, arcaded fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, lockplates inset with protruding tumbler-pivots and gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, well-figured stocks, the replacement chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs engraved James Woodward & Sons, 64 St. James's Street, London, Made of Special Gun Barrel Steel, the extra barrels with game-ribs engraved New barrels by B.E. Chaplin (Gunmakers) Ltd. 6 Southgate Street, Winchester
Weight 6lb. 11oz.(No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 15¼in. stocks, 29in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ⅜ choke (No. 1) and I.C. & ½ choke (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof (No. 1 left barrel-thickness at 19 thou and No. 2 both barrels at 16 thou)
Extra barrels:- Weight 6lb. 12oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke (No. 1) and ⅜ & ¾ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof (No. 1 right barrel-thickness at 19+ thou and No. 2 both barrel-thicknesses at 19 thou)
In their leather motorcase
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1898 for an Edward Hussey Parke Esq.