Product Details
J. WOODWARD & SONS
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 6565,
28 1/8in. nitro reproved (in 2018) Whitworth-steel chopperlump barrels, rib engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64. ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, left wall thicknesses well below recommended minimum, action with carved arcaded fences, removable striker discs, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, retaining traces of renewed colour-hardening and finish, 15 3/4in. replacement stock with ink enhanced figuring, replacement fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 8oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Woodward 6565
Completed: 4th January 1921
For: G.M. del Count Van Krimpen
Description: No. 2 of a pair of single-trigger hammerless ejector guns
Weight: 6lb. 10 1/2oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 28 1/8in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: Imp. Cyl. & 1/2
Stock: 14 1/2in.
Notes:
Southgate ejectors
Flat top rib file cut
Stocks with ebonite butt-plate and silver oval
Single trigger "our original type"
Research would indicate G.M. del Count van Krimpen to be Gerard Martinus del Court van Krimpen (1889 - 1944) famous Dutch golfer.
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
(USD 1,944-2,591)
(EUR 1,664-2,219)
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S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act