Autumn Sale of Fine & Sporting Arms
Chequered butts, highly figured stocks, chequered straight grips and forends. The convex ribs engraved ‘J. PURDEY & SONS. AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON.’ & ‘1’, ‘2’. The breech ends with delicate embellishments. Removable striker discs, cocking indicators, top levers engraved ‘1’ & ‘2’, automatic safeties, ‘SAFE’ inlaid in gold. The actions widely adorned with the finest acanthus scrolls and bouquets, ‘J PURDEY & SONS’ to the sides. The stock replaced and lengthened to 15 3/8" in 1964, the barrels replaced 1963. In the manufacturer’s leather-bound oak case with outer cover, embossed ‘N.W. WILLIAMSON. BATH CLUB. LONDON. W’.
Weight ‘1’ 7lb, ‘2’ 6lb 14oz, Barrels 30", Chambers 2 3/4", Chokes ‘1’ & ‘2’ – 1/2, Mod, 2 – 1/8, 1/2, Pull 15 3/8", OAL 45"
Proof (1963) .729
Readings ‘1’ .734, .733, ‘2’ .734, .732
Walls ‘1’ 26, 22, ‘2’ 28, 26
The manufacturers have kindly confirmed the following details:
No. 17491/2
Completed: 9th August 1904
For: A/B/ Williamson
Description: A Pair of Hammerless Ejector Game Guns
Weight: 6lb. 10oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 30in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: Plan & Very Modified
Stock: 14 3/8in.
Notes:
Loose front trigger to come back
Initials in gold in stocks and numbers
26th November 1930: Notified that the guns had passed to Norman Williamson
August 1963: New barrels fitted on account of Commander S.J.A. Nix, 2�in. Chambers, � & Modified Choke
November 1964: Heelplates removed and stocks lengthened in wood to 15 3/8in.
FAA – Sect 2. A Shotgun Certificate or RFD required to bid on this item.
Condition Report:
Both ‘1’ & ‘2’
Metal – A-,
Finish – A-,
Stock – A-,
Both with locks near bright, the engraving lightly softened. Both with silvering to the muzzle and breech, ‘2’ with some light thinning to the sides of the chambers. The bores bright. Both stocks with some fine marks to the heel and toe, a fine mark to the left of the top lever on ‘2’. The case with satisfying markings, relined.
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