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PIOTTI
A FINE 12-BORE PEDRETTI-ENGRAVED "MONACO" MODEL SIDELOCK EJECTOR, NO. A020, A TWO BARREL SET
29 1/4-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about 3/4 and full choke borings, file-cut flat rib, the additional 29 1/4-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, file-cut Churchill-style rib, the frame, pinless locks and top lever with fine foliate scroll engraving surrounding highly detailed scenes of game in realistic landscapes, the left lock with grouse, the right lock with teal, the action base with Marco Polo rams, the locks signed "G. S. Pedretti", the action tang engraved with a Lammergeier vulture highlighted in gold, gold lined cocking indicators, rolled edge trigger guard and articulated front trigger, 16-inch highly figured stock including rubber recoil pad, 7lb., Italian nitro proof, in its maker's lightweight leather case
The gun appears very little used. The vendor states that he has fired less than 750 cartridges through the gun from new. The proof marks indicate the date of manufacture to be 2008.
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, London |
| 13 April 2016 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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