Product Details
STEPHEN GRANT & SONS
A 12-BORE SIDELEVER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 7186,
28in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved 'STEPHEN GRANT & SONS. 7. BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON. SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH FLUID PRESSED STEEL' and gold-inlaid '3' at the breech end, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. in both, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fluted fences, removable striker discs, acanthus scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish, the triggerguard and fore-end iron engraved '2', 14 3/4in. figured stock (minor crack at hand) including 1in. leather covered recoil pad, minor insert repair to fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 11oz., in a lightweight leather 'violin' case, the makers have kindly confirmed that this shotgun was completed August 1899.
Estimate £5,500-6,500
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