Product Details
STEPHEN GRANT
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 7938 / 9,
for 1913, 29in. nitro barrels, the ribs engraved 'PATENT EJECTOR. STEPHEN GRANT & SONS. 7 BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON.' and gold inlaid '1' and '2', the tubes engraved 'MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL' (faint), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke in both, (No.2 right bore marginal), fluted fences, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, best fine acanthus scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 14 1/4in. figured replacement stocks, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case,
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this pair of shotguns were ordered on 27th June 1913 for Mr E. Hope Johnstone Esq.
Evelyn Hope Johnstone of Knockdrin Castle, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and Raehills, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
they were resold on 11th November 1935 to J.R. Seymore
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act