Product Details
CHURCHILL
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'PREMIERE FINEST QUALITY' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 8506 / 7,
25in. nitro chopperlump barrels with Churchill ribs gold-inlaid 'XXV' and '1 and '2', with the tubes engraved 'CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. 7. BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON. ENGLAND' and with flashes of scroll engraving at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke (both), Baker-patent self-opening actions, toplevers gold-embossed with a portrait of a spaniel, manual safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid arrow cocking-indicators, gold-washed internals and triggers, double rolled-edge triggerguards, fine acanthus scroll engraving surrounding a banner gold-inlaid 'CHURCHILL' and with gold-highlighted vignettes of hounds retrieving fallen game on the left, the right with a brace of woodcock in flight, the underside with gold script of the model designation, 14 3/4in. figured stocks, weight 6lb. 3oz. (both), in their individual black leather cases gold-embossed '1' and '2' respectively
Estimate £12,000-16,000
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