Product Details
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.
A LITTLE USED 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 1897 PATENT DETACHABLE-LOCK BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 18781,
27in. nitro barrels with raised rib, engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. LONDON', right wall thicknesses just below recommended minimum (as made), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, scroll-back action incorporating J. Deeley and L.B. Taylor patent hand-detachable locks, patent no. 17731 of 28th July 1897 with improved 'lighter pull-off' modification, patent no. 10567 of 7th May 1907, locks with engine turned finish, hinged floorplate, Westley Richards patent 'One Trigger' selective single trigger, triggerplate mounted selector switch with gold-inlaid 'L' and 'R' detail, profusely engraved with bold acanthus scrollwork, retaining virtually full original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. figured stock including buttplate, weight 6lb. 15oz., in its brass-cornered leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed 1950 with 27in. barrels for a 'Nyberg'.
Estimate £4,000-6,000
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