Details of Lot 57
WILLIAM EVANS
A 9.3X74 BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE, NO. 6565

26-inch barrels (converted from .360), with full length file cut rib, folding leaf sights and doll's head extension, mounted with a Zeiss Diavari-C 3-9x36 telescopic sight with quick-detachable mounts, the frame with border engraving and signed by the maker, 15-inch figured stock with pistol grip and rubber recoil pad, 9lb. 6oz., in its maker's leather case

The maker confirms that the rifle was built in 1903 as a .400/.360 rifle.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London
18 April 2012
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