Product Details
JAMES PURDEY & SONS
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 14175,
28in. shortened (by the Makers in 1899) nitro reproved Whitworth-steel chopperlump barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', (possibly refreshed), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and imp. cyl choke, left wall at 17, removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, arrow cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 15in. replacement stock cast on for the left shoulder, weight 6lb. 5oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather case with associated accessories
Provenance: We are kindly informed that the gun was completed in 1892 with 30in. barrels, subsequently shortened by Purdey's to 28in. in February 1899
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Estimate £3,500-4,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act