Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 13378 / 9, No.1 as a stock, action & fore-end only,
No.1 gun is being sold as a stock, action and fore-end only, No.2 with 30in. black powder chopperlump Whitworth steel barrels, the rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET..' (the remainder illegible), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 12 choke, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, self-opening actions, removable striker discs, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, arrow cocking-indicators, fine bouquet and scroll engraving, 14 1/4in. stocks (worn) including distressed rubber recoil pads, weight 6lb. 9oz., in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather double guncase
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 25 March 1890
For: C.E. Ridley
Description: A pair of hammerless non-ejector game guns
Weight: 6lb. 9 1/2oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 30in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: Plain & Mod
Stock: 14 1/4in.
Notes:
Out in Black, 1889
Action with intercepting safeties and provision for ejectors
16 April 1923: Both pairs of barrels were much worn, having each lost 2oz., the No. 1 showing the greater signs of wear.
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Estimate £2,500-3,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act