Product Details
PURDEY 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 9569, for 1876, 30 1/4in. replacement nitro reproved barrels (by the makers in 1897), sunken rib engraved '1' and 'J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID-PRESSED STEEL', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, right wall thickness at 15, Jones patent rotary underlever, carved percussion fences, rebounding locks with carved dolphin hammers, border and acanthus scroll engraving (some corrosion), brushed finish, 14 1/2in. figured stock including 7/8in. leather-covered recoil pad, weight 6lb. 15oz., in a canvas and leather guncase with applied Purdey trade label
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
No. 9,569
Completed: 1876
For: Lord Brownlow
Description: No.1 of a pair of thumb-lever hammer game guns
Weight: 7lb.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 30in.
Choke: Both Cylinder
Stock: 14 1/2 1/16 in.
Notes:
10th March 1897: New Whitworth steel choke barrels fitted. Length 30 ¼in. (old barrels worn out)
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Estimate £800-1,200
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act