Custom Bertuzzi Sidelock Ejector by Steven Dodd Hughes --- 20 Gauge, 2 3/4
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Category: Bertuzzi Shotguns - Custom Shotguns

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Seller: Hallowell & Co.
Company: Hallowell & Co.
Member Since: 3/16/07
First Name: Morris
Last Name: Hallowell
State: Montana
Zip: 59047
Country: United States
Phone: (406) 222-4770
Number of Active Listings: 128
Total Number of Listings: 1460
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
...from arrival at receiving transfer dealer's location, non-firing and non-disassembly. Layaways: 1/3 down with balance due in 60 days. No returns or cancellations on layaways.
Payment Types Accepted: Bank checks, money orders & wire transfers; Personal & company checks after a week to clear.

About Us: Hallowell & Co. incorporated as a full-time, federally-licensed firearms business in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1983. In 1999, we sold our Greenwich building to Griffin & Howe and moved to Livingston, Montana. Our primary interests lie in high quality, artisanal sporting guns in fine original condition---single shot rifles, custom rifles, double shotguns and double rifles by the best makers, from the beginning of the cartridge era to the present. We look forward to being of service.


Description:
27" SxS chopper-lump barrels with flat matted rib and ivory bead front sight choked improved cylinder & modified. 15" pull from mechanical single trigger. 1 1/2" - 2 1/4" drop. 3/8" cast-off.

Highly figured California English walnut stocks with Anson-pushbutton-release splinter forend, teardrops, straight English grip, classic point-pattern checkering with mullered borders---wrapping completely around the entire wrist---and solid black Old English recoil pad.

Sculpted, Turnbull-casehardened, bar-action sidelock with gold-line cocking indicators, automatic ejectors, bushed firing pins with retaining setscrews, manual top tang safety with SAFE inlaid in gold, and beaded-edge long-tang triggerguard.

Classic English rose & scroll engraving by Michael Dubber.

Weight: 6lbs, 10oz. Barreled action built 1980. Shotgun completed 1999. In nearly new condition, retaining all of its original finishes, excellent bores, tight, and with strong ejectors in perfect time. Signed with a gold-inlaid SDH touchmark behind the trigger and by Michael Dubber in front. In leather trunk case with cleaning accessories.

On the cover of and subject of an article in the ACGG journal, GUNMAKER. Pictured in Double Guns / Custom Gunsmithing by Steven Dodd Hughes, 2007, page 163. Exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Three Centuries of Tradition---The Renaissance of Sporting Arms in America", July - Oct 2003; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Jan - April 2004; Conner Prairie Museum, June - Aug 2004; and covered in the exhibition's book, pages 160-1.

SOLD

Shotgun Gauge: 20 Gauge
Manufacturer: Bertuzzi & Steven Dodd Hughes
Model: Sidelock Ejector
Serial Number: 5654
Barrel Length: 27
Chambers: 2 3/4
Ejectors: Yes
Condition: Excellent
Barrels: Chopper-Lump Side-by-side
Action: Sidelock
Triggers: Mechanical single trigger
Stock: Highly figured, California English
Stock Comb: 1 1/2
Stock Heel: 2 1/4
Stock Cast: 1/2" Cast-off
Fore End: Anson-release splinter
Butt Pad: Solid black Old English recoil pad
LOP: 15
Rib: Flat, matted
Finish: Casehardened
Weight: 6lbs, 10oz.
Sights: Ivory front bead
Manufacture Date: Completed 1999
Choke Left: modified
Choke Right: improved cylinder
Engraving: Classic English rose & scroll by Michael Dubber
Case: Leather trunk case
Item Location: Livingston, Montana
Proof:Nitro: Yes