Product Details
PURDEY
A 12-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 8854,
30in. replacement Whitworth steel nitro chopperlump barrels (by the makers), rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers, fine border and scroll engraving, 14 1/8in. well-figured replacement stock including buttplate, weight 6lb. 8oz., in a lightweight canvas case.
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1873 for a J.C. Straight with 30in. damascus barrels. They have confirmed that the barrel maker of the replacement barrels was Sam Simmons and that the loop numbers would date the replacements to circa 1914.
Estimate £2,000-3,000
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