Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2014 : Sale A0614 Lot 1597 - S2
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. AN UNUSUAL 1934 PATENT 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SINGLE-BARRELLED SIDELEVER HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN, serial no. 581,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.
AN UNUSUAL 1934 PATENT 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SINGLE-BARRELLED SIDELEVER HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN, serial no. 581,
27 1/4in. nitro reproved ribless barrel with sight flat at the breech end engraved '2 INCH CARTRIDGE', barrel engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. LONDON', 2 1/2in. chamber, bored approx. 1/2 choke, Westley Richards and C. Gardner patent action, patent no. 432993 of 28th March 1934, sidelever opening, automatic side-safety, non-selective ejector, plain action retaining some original colour-hardening, 14 3/8in. figured stock, semi-beavertail fore-end, weight 4lb. 9oz.

Provenance: The gun was completed circa 1938

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Estimate £400-600

S2