Product Details
J. WOODWARD & SONS
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5314 / 5833,
for 1898 and 1904, 29in. nitro Whitworth-steel chopperlump barrels (No.2 London reproved in 1985, slight movement on actions), ribs engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL' and gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', arcaded fences, removable striker discs, the No.1 action face with 'THE AUTOMATIC' trade mark, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving with the makers name in elaborate cartouches on the lockplates, retaining traces of colour-hardening and some renewed finish, 15 1/4in. well-figured replacement stocks, weight 6lb. 10oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 9oz. (No.2)
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 12th December 1898
For: Captain A. Annesley
Description: A hammerless ejector game gun
Weight: 6lb. 11oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 29in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: Improved Cylinder & 1/4 Choke
Stock: 15 3/16in.
Notes:
Action without side clips
Cross-eyed stock (right shoulder/left eye) with recoil-pad
Gun No. 5833 was completed on 7th November 1904 for Captain A. Annesley, and was built to match gun No. 5314
Captain Arthur Annesley b. 1880, was the eldest son of the 11th Viscount Valentia. Served in the 10th Hussars and participated in the Boer War and the First World War where he was unfortunately killed early on on the 16th November 1914.
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act