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JAMES WOODWARD & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5564 / 5,
circa 1902, 26in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels (shortened), the ribs engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in all, wall thicknesses circa 20, minor rivelling/bulges, treble-grip actions with hidden third bites, removable striker discs, arcaded fences, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving, the lockplates with the makers name in ornate cartouches, retaining some renewed colour-hardening and finish, 13 3/4in. stocks including 1in. leather covered recoil pads, No.1 with setting cracks to rear of lockplates, No.2 a replacement, weight 6lb. 5oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 8oz. (No.2), in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act