Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2020 : Sale A0320 Lot 1465
HENDRY, RAMSAY & WILCOX A SIMMONS-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2000A,

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HENDRY, RAMSAY & WILCOX
A SIMMONS-ENGRAVED 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2000A,
29 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'HENDRY, RAMSAY & WILCOX, 55/57, Nth. METHVEN STREET. PERTH.' and gold-inlaid '1' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, Iberian Holland & Holland style self-opening action, toplever gold-inlaid '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, articulated front trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, the tang gold-inlaid with the serial number, beaded border and acanthus scroll engraving surrounding a centrally carved motif of a Scottish thistle, the fences carved in relief with thistles set against a matt background, the underside of the action with the makers logo within a roundel, the triggerplate initialled 'D.S.', brushed finish, 14 3/4in. figured stock, weight 7lb. 3oz., in its makers tan leather guncase

Provenance: This gun was completed in 2000, at a cost of £13,500 + VAT

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Estimate £2,500-3,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act