Product Details
LAZARO ARRIZABALAGA
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON GUNS, serial no. 1020 / 1, with extra barrels,
No.1 gun with two sets of barrels serial numbered 1020:
first set 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, file cut rib gold-inlaid '2_' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both, minor bulges;
second set 29 3/4in. nitro chopperlump barrels, file cut rib gold-inlaid '3_' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, possibly shortened, minor bulges, slightly bent, right wall thickness at 18;
No.2 gun with two set of barrels numbered 1021 (second set serial number overstamped 1021 over 1020), first set 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, file cut rib gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, light patches of external pitting, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke; second set 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, file cut rib gold-inlaid '1' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and full choke, minor bulges;
side-clipped treble-grip actions with hidden third bites, removable striker discs, toplevers gold inlaid '1_' (Gun No. 1020) and '2' (Gun No. 1021), automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland style self-opening systems, articulated front triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, bold acanthus scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches engraved 'LAZARO ARRIZABALAGA PATENTE 150989', bright finish overall, 14 5/8in. stocks including buttplates, No.2 with a Lisbon 1964 pigeon competition sticker, fore-end finials gold-inlaid '1_' and '2', weight 7lb. 5oz. (No. 1020) and 7lb. 3oz. (No. 1021), in a motor case (no provision for extra barrels)
Exhibited: Manuel Lopo de Carvalho Collection
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act