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J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN, NO. 17124
30-inch Whitworth steel chopper-lump barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 3/4 choke borings, the frame, locks and numbered top lever with fine bouquet and scroll engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, 15 1/4-inch well figured stock including 1-inch extension, 6lb. 10oz., nitro proof, barrel wall thickness well below the recommended minimum, in its oak and leather double case
S2
The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1901 as the No.2 gun of a pair for W. H. Watney. Lieutenant W. H. Watney, son of the famous brewing family, was killed in France on 10th May 1915. |
Sold for £3200
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Gleneagles, Scotland |
| 28 August 2017 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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