Product Details
J. WOODWARD & SONS
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 5490,
30in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'J. WOODWARD & SONS. 64. ST. JAMES'S' STREET. LONDON. S.W. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, arcaded fences with side-clips, removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork, the rib, toplever and fore-end finial with small raised florally engraved ovals, retaining slight traces of colour-hardening (possibly historically renewed), 14 3/4in. well-figured stock including buttplate, chequering refreshed, weight 6lb. 10oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather hammergun case with later Purdey trade label and gun specification label
Provenance: The makers have kindly supplied us with the following information:
Woodward, No. 5490
Completed: 4/10/1900
For: R.H. Ramsden Esq.
Description: A toplever hammerless ejector game gun
Weight: 6lb. 12 1/2oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 30in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: 1/4 & 3/8
Stock: 15in.
Notes:
Action with clip sides
Straight-hand stock
Exhibited: Manuel Lopo de Carvalho Collection
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Estimate £4,000-6,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act