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3248
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$1,150.00
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*P. WEBLEY & SON BOXLOCK DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. SN 46306. Cal. 12 ga. Fine English dbl with 30″ steel bbls choked FULL/CYL with tapered concave smooth rib, sgl bead, doll’s head rib extension, ejectors & dbl underbites with dbl triggers. Rib is marked with maker’s name & address. It has boxlock receiver with deep scalloped fences & about 85% coverage extremely fine English foliate arabesque engraving. Appended metal is engraved to match. Top tang has “SAFE” in gold in a blue cloisone panel. Mounted with streaky French walnut with checkered splinter forearm & straight hand stock with raised teardrop side panels, 14-1/4″ over a Pachmayr pad plus a 1/4″ extension. Originally with black powder proofs, has now been nitro proofed and so marked on bbl flats. Bore diameter: left – .730, right – .737. Bore restrictions: left – .040, right – .002. Wall thickness: left – .029, right – .028. Drop at heel: 1-7/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz. CONDITION: Fine. Bbls retain most of a satin rust blue showing heavy wear over maker’s name & engraving on rib. Receiver retains traces of case colors in sheltered areas and floorplate about 80% orig blue. Stock has a hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound and retains about all of a fine professionally restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, very bright shiny bores. 4-59873 JR262 (3,000-4,000)
Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day. |