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Pair of Purdey Side by Side shotguns with a story to go with them...
Guns International #: 103004061 Seller's Inventory #: N-5164-S
Category: Purdey Shotguns - Shotguns - English Double
Seller's Information
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Seller: Fred Baker Sporting
Company: Fred Baker Sporting
Member Since: 12/14/20
State: Virginia
Zip: 22202
Country: United States
Phone: (844) 628-3874
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 34
Total Number of Listings: 189
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Payment Types Accepted: credit cards 3% transaction fee applies
About Us: We enjoy shooting clays and want you to be able to do the same.
Description:
The guns were completed in 1909 for the Honorable Archibald Cochrane (lieutenant commander in the British navy). The aristocratic Cochrane family has had a long connection with the Royal Navy and Admiral Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald, (1775 –1860) is reputed to have been the inspiration for Patrick O’Brian’s famous fictional naval hero Captain Jack Aubrey and C.S Forester’s Horatio Hornblower.
Born in Scotland in 1885, Cochrane joined the Royal Navy in 1901 and served for many years in command of submarines winning the Distinguished Service Order. In 1915 his submarine HMS E7 was scuttled after being caught in defensive nets during the Dardanelles campaign. Cochrane and his crew were taken prisoner by the Turks. E7 had been returning from a successful patrol in the Sea of Marmara, having sunk 13 ships and damaged many more, when the submarine became entangled in defensive nets near Nagara Point. Several mines that formed part of the defencehad been detonated when a German submarine captain von Heimburg, dropped a sinker mine right on top of E7. The detonation of this charge persuaded Cochrane to surface E7 and try to save his crew who then came under shellfire from the Ottoman shore batteries. Many thought Cochrane’s actions in E7 in the Sea of Marmora during 1914 and 1915 were deserving of a VC After several years in a remote Prisoner of War camp, Cochrane was among a group of Officers who made a successful daring escape for which he was awarded a Bar to his DSO. Their exploits were later revealed in the book “Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom” published in 1919. The guns and their case’s very good condition can perhaps be attributed to the fact that their owner spent more time out at sea than at home shooting them. True to their Scottish owner’s heritage, the second gun has been setup specifically for grouse, with the front trigger firing the more choked left barrel first.
Purdey 12 Bore, SN : 19,310
Barrel length 30"
Total length 47"
Min wall R.018
Min wall L .020
Bore R .736
Bore L .735
Choke R .008
Choke L .025
Purdey 12 Bore, SN . 19,311
Barrel length 30"
Total length 47"
Min wall R.024
Min wall L .022
Bore R .735
Bore L .735
Choke R .005
Choke L .020
Price: POR
Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge
Manufacturer: Purdey
Barrel Length: 30