*FINE CASED PAIR OF PURDEY DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS.

*FINE CASED PAIR OF PURDEY DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS. SN 20167 & 20168. Cal. 12 ga. Lovely old cased pair of Purdeys with 30″ bbls choked identically FULL/IMP-CYL with tapered concave smooth ribs, sgl beads, ejectors, dbl chopper lumps, assisted opening & dbl triggers. They are nitro proofed 1-1/8 oz. and have 2-1/2″ chambers. Ribs are marked with maker’s name & address with a “1” and a “2” at breech ends which numbers also appear on opening levers & inside forend irons. They have usual 7-pin sidelocks engraved in standard Purdey English rose & scroll patterns with about 75-80% coverage. They have “SAFE” in gold on top tangs. Mounted with highly figured streaky French walnut with checkered splinter forearms & straight hand stocks, 15-5/8″ over checkered butts on wood extensions. Orig LOP is 14-7/8″. They each have a silver initial oval on bottom engraved “D.A.P.” Accompanied by an orig, Purdey, burgundy felt lined, brown leather motor case embossed on lid “D.A.P.” with orig maker’s label inside lid and a 2-pc brass & wood cleaning rod. Interior compartments contain a Holland & Holland pewter oil bottle & a nickled brass oil bottle, an ebony handled firing pin busing spanner with one broken tip and a variety of cleaning implements. #20167: Bore diameter: left – .738, right – .733. Bore restrictions: left – .027, right – .008. Wall thickness: left – .032, right – .032. #20168: Bore diameter: left – .733, right – .734. Bore restrictions: left – .027, right – .008. Wall thickness: left – .030, right – .026. Drop at heel: 1-7/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Weight with #20168 bbls: 6 lbs. 15.36 oz. CONDITION: Both shotguns are about very good. #20167: Bbls retain about 95% strong orig blue with thinning over forearm area and a few small scrapes with muzzle & breech end edge wear. #20168: Bbls retain about 90% strong orig blue, thinned over forearm area. Otherwise they have nearly identical wear with receivers & lockplates retaining traces of orig case colors having turned almost completely silver. Wood on both shotuns is sound showing extreme wear but having had great care with only minor nicks & scratches and a small gouge or bruise. Forearm on #20167 has strong checkering while #20168 is worn nearly smooth. Left ejector on #20168 is not working, although hammer cocks & fires, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores. Case is extremely fine. 4-32585 JR288 (22,500-32,500)

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.

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	3170	$26,450.00	*FINE CASED PAIR OF PURDEY DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS. SN 20167 & 20168. Cal. 12 ga. Lovely old cased pair of Purdeys with 30″ bbls choked identically FULL/IMP-CYL with tapered concave smooth ribs, sgl beads, ejectors, dbl chopper lumps, assisted opening & dbl triggers. They are nitro proofed 1-1/8 oz. and have 2-1/2″ chambers. Ribs are marked with maker’s name & address with a “1” and a “2” at breech ends which numbers also appear on opening levers & inside forend irons. They have usual 7-pin sidelocks engraved in standard Purdey English rose & scroll patterns with about 75-80% coverage. They have “SAFE” in gold on top tangs. Mounted with highly figured streaky French walnut with checkered splinter forearms & straight hand stocks, 15-5/8″ over checkered butts on wood extensions. Orig LOP is 14-7/8″. They each have a silver initial oval on bottom engraved “D.A.P.” Accompanied by an orig, Purdey, burgundy felt lined, brown leather motor case embossed on lid “D.A.P.” with orig maker’s label inside lid and a 2-pc brass & wood cleaning rod. Interior compartments contain a Holland & Holland pewter oil bottle & a nickled brass oil bottle, an ebony handled firing pin busing spanner with one broken tip and a variety of cleaning implements. #20167: Bore diameter: left – .738, right – .733. Bore restrictions: left – .027, right – .008. Wall thickness: left – .032, right – .032. #20168: Bore diameter: left – .733, right – .734. Bore restrictions: left – .027, right – .008. Wall thickness: left – .030, right – .026. Drop at heel: 1-7/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Weight with #20168 bbls: 6 lbs. 15.36 oz. CONDITION: Both shotguns are about very good. #20167: Bbls retain about 95% strong orig blue with thinning over forearm area and a few small scrapes with muzzle & breech end edge wear. #20168: Bbls retain about 90% strong orig blue, thinned over forearm area. Otherwise they have nearly identical wear with receivers & lockplates retaining traces of orig case colors having turned almost completely silver. Wood on both shotuns is sound showing extreme wear but having had great care with only minor nicks & scratches and a small gouge or bruise. Forearm on #20167 has strong checkering while #20168 is worn nearly smooth. Left ejector on #20168 is not working, although hammer cocks & fires, otherwise mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores. Case is extremely fine. 4-32585 JR288 (22,500-32,500) 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.

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