Product Details
HENRY PRUDIE
A 12-BORE GIBBS & PITT 1873 PATENT SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 21684,
30in. nitro reproved barrels, rib engraved 'W.H. MONK. CHESTER', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, G. Gibbs and T. Pitt patent lever-cocking hammerless action, patent no. 284 of 1873, use number 4984, removable striker discs, automatic safety with carved shell feature and gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates, cocking-indicators, border and scroll engraving, the lockplates signed 'HENRY PRUDIE', brushed bright finish, 14 3/8in. figured stock including 3/4in. ebonite extension, weight 6lb. 5oz.
Other Notes: Henry Prudie is listed as a gunmaker at 28 Fleet Street, London for just one year, 1888.
Estimate £300-500
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