Details of Lot 158
JAMES PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS, NOS. 18355/6

30-inch Whitworth steel chopper-lump barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 3/4 choke borings, the frames, locks and numbered top levers with fine bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright overall, 14 1/2-inch highly figured stocks including leather covered recoil pads, 6lb. 11oz., nitro re-proof, barrel wall thickness below the recommended minimum, in their maker's brassbound oak and leather case
S2

The maker confirms that the guns were built in 1905.

Sold for £7000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Pulborough, West Sussex
9 December 2020
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply