Details of Lot 227
WILLIAM GOLDEN
A 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR GUN, NO. 14297

28-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 3/4 choke borings, doll's head extension, the frame and Westley Richards top lever with fine scroll engraving, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, automatic Greener side safety, 15 1/2-inch stock including 1 1/2-inch extension, slightly cast on for the left shoulder, 6lb. 10oz., nitro re-proof, left barrel wall thickness below recommended minimum

The gun would appear to have been built for Golden by Westley Richards and incorporates many of their features.
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Sold for £300
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London
16 April 2014
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply