Product Details
HENRY ATKIN LTD.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 1524 / 5,
for 1902, 28in. replacement nitro barrels (in 1965), the tubes engraved 'HENRY ATKIN LTD. 7. BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S, LONDON ENGLAND', the ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke both (No.1) and 1/4 and 1/2 choke (No.2), No.1 left wall thickness at 19, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, chequered front triggers, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with beaded bordering, the action flats engraved 'E.C. HODGES', brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 15 1/4in. boldly-figured replacement stocks (in 1965), No.2 stock with minor setting cracks to rear of lockplates, weight 6lb. 8oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 9oz. (No.2), in their brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The vendor has kindly informed us that he had the guns re-barrelled in 1965 (at a cost of £163. 2.6 per gun) and also re-stocked (at a cost of £206. 13. 0)
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act