Details of Lot 69
ALEX HENRY & CO.
A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN, NO. 7765

28-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 3/4 choke borings, mid extension, the frame, locks and gold numbered top lever engraved with Celtic strapwork against a lined ground and retaining traces of original hardening colour, 16-inch well figured stock including 3/4-inch extension, 6lb. 11oz., nitro re-proof, in its maker's brassbound double case
S2

The maker's records indicate the gun was completed in 1913. Only eight examples of a Celtic sidelock are recorded in the maker's records.

Sold for £5000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
The Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
26 August 2019
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply