Product Details
A 12-BORE BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR LIVE PIGEON GUN, serial no. 11826,
29 7/8in. nitro reproved barrels (in 2010), serial numbered 11826, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL', left wall thickness below recommended minimum, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and true cyl. choke, unsigned, un-serial numbered scoop-back treble grip action with side-clips, automatic safety with silver-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, bouquet and scroll engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. highly-figured semi-pistolgrip stock including 1 1/8in. ebonite extension, finely fitted horn pistolgrip tip, bolstered fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 13oz.
J. Purdey & Sons have kindly confirmed that Purdey gun No. 11826 was completed as a toplever bar-in-wood hammer live pigeon gun. They have no record of refitting the barrels to a later action.
Estimate £400-600
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