Gavin Gardiner, Sporting Guns, 2 September 2013

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lot 170 E. J. cHuRcHill A ScARcE 16-boRE “utilitY” MoDEl boxlocK EJEctoR Gun, no. 4645 25-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/2 choke borings, mid extension and file-cut Churchill rib, the frame and top lever with bouquet and scroll engraving, the maker’s name signed within a scrolling banner, 14 3/4-inch well figured stock including rubber recoil pad, 5lb. 10oz., nitro proof, bores marked

✸£1400 - 1800 lot 171 F. bEESlEY A 16-boRE boxlocK EJEctoR Gun, no. 2670 28-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, the frame and top lever with scroll engraving, the maker’s name signed within a scrolling banner, 14 1/4-inch figured stock with ribbed butt plate, the face of the stock built up with plastic wood, 5lb. 10oz., nitro proof, in its maker’s canvas case

✸£500 - 800

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lot 172 JoSEPH lAnG A 16-boRE SinGlE tRiGGER boxlocK EJEctoR Gun, no. 16577 28-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/2 and full choke borings, the frame and numbered top lever with border engraving, 14 3/4-inch well figured stock including 3/4-inch extension and rubber recoil pad, 5lb. 13oz., recent nitro re-proof, in its maker’s canvas case

✸£800 - 1200 lot 173 W. J. DAviS A 16-boRE SiDElocK non-EJEctoR Gun 30-inch damascus barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about 1/4 choke borings, the frame, back action bar locks and top lever with scroll engraving around primitive game scenes, 13 3/4-inch well figured stock with pistol grip, 6lb 5oz., recent nitro re-proof

✸£500 - 700

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