Autumn Sale of Fine Sporting arms
An absolutely delightful gun. Rubber butt pad, ebonite inlay, richly figured and coloured stock, plain escutcheon, chequered Woodward grip with horn end-cap. The forend with delicately engraved finial. Concave, tapered rib, engraved ‘J PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON. ENGLAND.’, the breech end with ‘1’ inlaid in gold and delicate embellishment. Blued top lever, ‘1’ inlaid in gold, automatic safety with ‘SAFE’ inlaid the same. The lockplates, retaining most of their original colour, with delicate scroll and foliolate border, adorned with pheasants in a glade by Henry Kell Jr, ‘J PURDEY & SONS’ to the fore. The underside engraved ‘J PURDEY & SONS LONDON ENGLAND’. In the manufacturer’s original brass-cornered, leather and oak with accessories. For 1938.
Weight 6lbs 10oz, Chambers 2 1/2”, Choke Imp Cyl, Mod, Barrels 28”, Pull 15 3/8”, OAL 45 1/2"
FAA – Sect 2. A Shotgun Certificate or RFD required to bid on this item. The manufacturer’s have very kindly provided the following: No. 25527 Completed: March 1938 For: M.W.V. Maude Description: A hammerless ejector game gun
Weight: 6lb. 10¼oz. Calibre: 12-bore Barrels: 30in. Choke: Both Modified Stock: 15 3/8in. Notes: Pistolgrip-stock with silver oval, engraved with a crest Forepart unchequered Locks engraved with flying pheasant by Harry Kell Jr. October 1960: Boring opened to Imp. Cyl. & Mod. February 1962: Cast-off increased by 1/4in. July 1968: Barrels shortened to 28in. and rechoked Imp. Cyl. & Mod., gun lightened to match his other gun, no. 15169. At this point the client was addressed as Major M. Hammond-Maude
Condition report:
Proof .729
Readings .735, .736
Walls 32, 32
Metal - A
Finish - B
Stock - B +
Additional Comments: The bores bright. The lightest silvering to the edges of the rib, the muzzle and breech edges, the action retaining most of its original colour. The engraving sharp. The
Stock with a lustrous natural
Finish, some fine marks, two dents - 1/4" and 1/16", the chequering with a modicum of softening. The case near perfect with appropriate ageing. The labels original. Beautiful.
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