Product Details
J. WOODWARD & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 4920 / 1,
30in. nitro reproved Whitworth-steel chopperlump barrels, ribs engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. 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. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, carved arcaded fences with side-clips, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, the action faces engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. THE AUTOMATIC TRADEMARK', protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish, 15 3/4in. boldly-figured replacement stocks (slight sweep at combs), weight 7lb., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that no details of these guns are available, but the date of manufacture would have been circa 1896
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Estimate £7,000-9,000
(USD 9,070-11,661)
(EUR 7,767-9,987)
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S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act