Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 1359
HENRY ATKIN LTD. A PAIR OF 12-BORE THE RALEIGH SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 2696 / 7,

Product Details

HENRY ATKIN LTD.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE RALEIGH' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 2696 / 7,
28in. nitro barrels, ribs engraved 'THE RALEIGH' in gothic script and 'HENRY ATKIN LTD. (FROM PURDEY'S) 88 JERMYN ST. LONDON. S.W.', and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/4in. figured stocks including buttplates, weight 6lb. 10oz., in their brass-cornered oak-lined leather case with gold-tooled leather trade label

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this pair was completed in 1925 for a W.N. Berry

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Estimate £5,000-7,000

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