Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 1303
J. WOODWARD & SONS A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6264 / 5,

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J. WOODWARD & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 6264 / 5,
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', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, No.2 right wall at 17, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in all, arcaded fences, removable striker discs, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, No.1 left ejector requires attention, 14 1/2in. figured stocks including ebonite buttplates, weight 6lb. 9oz., in a relined brass-cornered oak and leather case

Provenance: Woodward, No. 6264/5
Completed: 29th May 1913
For: A.C. Gathorne-Hardy
Description: A pair of toplever hammerless ejectors
Weight: 6lb. 110z.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 29in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: All 1/4
Stock: 15 3/4in.
Notes:
Actions without clip sides
Guards padded


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Estimate £7,000-9,000

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