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JOSEPH DEFOURNY
A BELGIAN 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON GUN, NO. 1955
29 1/2-inch sleeved chopper-lump barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers about full choke borings, file cut rib and mid extension, the frame and locks with bouquet and scroll engraving, the clipped fences deeply carved with foliage, 15-inch figured stock including 3/4-inch extension and rubber recoil pad, 7lb. 2oz., nitro proof, ejectors require regulation
The gun is built on a version of the Beesley self-opening action and it is for this reason that these guns are known as "Belgian Purdeys". |
Sold for £1300
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, New Bond Street |
| 14 April 2010 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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