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J. WOODWARD & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 4896 / 7,
29in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, ribs engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.' (faint) and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and true cyl. choke, carved arcaded fences with side-clips, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, the action faces engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. THE AUTOMATIC TRADEMARK', protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining some renewed colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/4in. well-figured replacement stocks, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that these guns were completed as a pair of 12-bore best quality double barrel hammerless ejector guns completed in August 1896 for Rt. Hon. Lord Burghclere, barrel length 29".
Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere (1846-1921) was a British Liberal politician and author
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Estimate £8,000-12,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act