Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2019 : Sale A0919 Lot 1400
J. PURDEY & SONS A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 22879,

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J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 22879,
30in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 3/4 choke, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, cocking-indicators, articulated front trigger, best fine bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 15 1/8in. figured stock including 1in. wooden extension, weight 7lb. 1oz.

Provenance: We are kindly informed by the makers that this shotgun was completed 1926 for a J.A. Marsden-Popple, Esq.

Other Notes: Barrels: 76cm
Chambers: 65mm
Stock length: 38.5cm
Weight: 3.203Kg
Functions with snapcaps: yes


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Estimate £6,000-8,000

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