Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A FINE PAIR OF O'BRIEN-ENGRAVED DOUBLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 28181 / 2,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels with 6mm solid matt top-ribs engraved '1' and '2' at the breech ends, the top tubes engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. ENGLAND.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. in all, hold-open toplevers inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, cocking-indicators, engraved with bouquet and acanthus scrollwork, No.1 lockplates engraved with scenes of flushed fowl and partridge, No.2 with scenes of pheasant and partridge flushed from their naturalistic habitat, signed 'D. O'Brien', the undersides with engraved vignettes of hounds surrounded by acanthus scrollwork and engraved with the makers name and details, brushed finish, 14 3/8in. figured stocks including 7/8in. leather-covered recoil pads, weight 7lb. 11oz (No.1) 7lb. 8oz. (No.2), in their makers brass-cornered burgundy leather double guncase with some accessories
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
No. 28181/2
Completed: December 1977
For: [France]
Description: A pair of over & under sidelock ejector game guns
Weight: 7lb. 4oz.
Calibre: 12-bore (2 3/4in.)
Barrels: 28in.
Choke: 1/2 & Full
Stock: 15in.
Notes:
Old silver finish
Silver oval
Leather-covered pads
Engraved by Danny O'Brien, and actioned by Ernest Lawrence (Harry's younger brother, who was involved in modifying the Woodward action when we (Purdeys) took it on. See p. 286-7 in the Bicentenary Book on Purdey)
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Estimate £40,000-60,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act