Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 1715
CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. A 12-BORE HERCULES SELF-OPENING BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 7947,

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CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD.
A 12-BORE 'HERCULES' SELF-OPENING BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 7947,
circa 1973, 25in. nitro barrels with matt Churchill-rib gold-inlaid 'XXV' at the breech end, tubes engraved 'CHURCHILL (GUNMAKERS) LTD. 7, BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON. ENGLAND.' and with acanthus scroll engraving at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, scroll-back action with slender fences, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, double rolled-edge triggerguard, bold acanthus scroll engraving, the makers name in gold in elaborate cartouches, the underside with 'HERCULES FINEST QUALITY MODEL', bright and blued finish overall, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock with engraved skeletal steel buttplate, weight 6lb. 5oz., in its lightweight leather case with some accessories

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Estimate £1,500-2,000  € 1,664-2,219

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act