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Lot 656S2

A pair of 12-bore 'Mark Over No. 3' sidelock ejector guns by Charles Hellis, no. 4324/5,
In their brass-mounted leather motorcase

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £2,500

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A pair of 12-bore 'Mark Over No. 3' sidelock ejector guns by Charles Hellis, no. 4324/5,

Toplevers, ribs and forends numbered '1' and '2' in gold, bold foliate-scroll engraving, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators (No. 1 right side missing inlay), figured stocks with recoil pads, the barrels (No. 1 shortened, No. 2 replaced by the makers, right ejector guide missing) engraved Charles Hellis & Sons, 7 Bury Street, St. James's, London, England
Weight 6lb. 7oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 15in. pull (14¼in. stock) (No. 1) & 15⅛in. pull (14⅜in. stock) (No. 2), 25in. barrels, chokes approx. cyl. & ⅝ (No. 1) and I.C. & ¾ (No. 2), Birmingham nitro proof (no. 1) and London nitro proof (No. 2)
In their brass-mounted leather motorcase

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1939 and that the No. 2 gun was rebarrelled in 1972 with 25in. barrels

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