拍品 46
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A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY F. BEESLEY, No. 1252, best foliate-scroll engraving, figured stock with butt-plate, the Whitworth-steel barrels with game-rib

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A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY F. BEESLEY, No. 1252, best foliate-scroll engraving, figured stock with butt-plate, the Whitworth-steel barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 10½oz., 14½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¾ & 7/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its oak and leather case, with Hellis trade-label
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拍品专文

The gun was completed circa 1892 and was subsequently rebarrelled in 1937. Beesley records confirm the rebarrelling, but the conjunction of Whitworth-steel and Birmingham proof marks in a 'London' gun presents a curious anomaly
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