Product Details
** WESTLEY RICHARDS
A 1914 PATENT 'OVUNDO' DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED OVER AND UNDER BOXLOCK EJECTOR, WITH TWO SETS OF BARRELS, serial no. 18544,
30in. nitro barrels with no-mid-rib and 7mm ventilated matt top-rib with intermediate bead sight, the top barrel engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 23 CONDUIT ST. LONDON. GUN MAKERS BY APPOINTMENT TO HM THE KING "OVUNDO", short rib engraved 'OVUNDO SYSTEM REGd. No. 354045 / 1913' and gold-inlaid '1', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both;
30in. nitro barrels with no-mid-rib and 7mm ventilated matt top-rib with intermediate bead sight, the top barrel engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS 23 CONDUIT ST. LONDON. GUN MAKERS BY APPOINTMENT TO HM THE KING "OVUNDO", short rib engraved 'OVUNDO SYSTEM REGd. No. 354045 / 1913' and gold-inlaid '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both, action incorporating L.B. Taylor & Westley Richards patent concealed hook and extension, patent no. 8853 of 8th April 1914, and patent pivoted firing pins, patent No. 9410 of 16th April 1914, hold-open toplever, manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, action and decorative lockplates engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork, brushed and blued finish, special fore-end, 14in. pistolgrip stock including 1/2in. extension, weight 7lb. 10oz. (both), in its makers brass-cornered leather case with some accessories and provision for both sets of barrels, the lid exterior branded 'F.S.'
Provenance: This shotgun was completed in 1936 for an F. Silvermann.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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