Sealed Bid Auction - January 2018 : Sale S0118 Lot 3291
A PAIR OF WILLIAM EVANS (FROM PURDEYS) 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 3840/1,

Product Details

A PAIR OF WILLIAM EVANS (FROM PURDEY'S) 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 3840/1, 28in. nitro barrels (bore measurements marginal), the ribs engraved 'WILLIAM EVANS. FROM PURDEY'S. 63. PALL MALL ST. JAMES'S LONDON.', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech-ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke in both, treble-grip actions with removable striker discs, toplever gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, intercepting sears, border and acanthus scroll engraving, signed 'WILLIAM EVANS. FROM PURDEY'S. LONDON.', brushed finish, 15in. straight-hand stocks (both pinned at head, no.1 including 1in. ebonite extension, no.2 including 7/8in. wooden extension and 1 1/8in. ebonite extension, no. 1 fore-end finial missing, weight 6lb. 4oz. (both), in their William Evans brass-cornered double leather guncase

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Estimate £800-1,200

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