Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 1452
WILLIAM FORD A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 8880,

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WILLIAM FORD
A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 8880,
28in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels (in 2020, partially struck off), the tubes engraved 'WILLIAM FORD. 15 ST. MARY'S ROW. BIRMINGHAM.' the rib engraved with a flash of foliate engraving and gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, toplever gold-inlaid '2', removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, engraved with scrolling foliate and ribbon motifs set against a matt background, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. figured roachbelly stock (swept at the toe, slight crack at hand) with engraved steel toe plate, weight 6lb. 11oz., in its makers brass-cornered leather case

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Estimate £2,500-3,500

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