Guns International #: 102554941
Seller's Inventory #: p89L4
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Guns International #: 102554941
Category - Jeffery WJ Shotguns
- Shotguns - English Double
W Jeffery & Sons
Description: W. J. JEFFERY & Sons Sidelock ejector Damascus barrels that are 30 " with CYL and full chokes. LOP of 13 5/8" drop at comb 1 1/2" drop at heal 2" , cast neutral gun weighs 6.6LBS over all very good condition please look at pictures. Gun is very nicly hand engraved William Jeffery was active at 15 Borough, Farnham from 1839 to 1844 and moved from Surrey to Plymouth in about 1849, when he purchased a gun making business from John Harvey of Exeter. From 1849-54 his business was at 10 Lockyer Terrace, Plymouth and then at 52 Union Terrace from 1855-62. By the 1864 census it had moved to 12 George Street, Plymouth. He was personally active until 1869 (an example of a William Jeffery percussion pistol dating from about 1860 is held in the Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia). From 1869 until at least 1917 the business was trading as W Jeffery & Son. That name and the George Street address are included in the book 'Experts on Guns and Shooting' by G. T. Teasdale-Buckell published in 1900, which also mentions that the current W Jeffery had been apprenticed to his father. In 1933 Percy Jeffery of 4 Headland Park, Plymouth (trading as W Jeffery & Son, gun and cartridge makers) took a lease from an F J Coles of a 'shop, etc. at 3 Russell Street for £100 per annum'. This could possibly have been the renewal of an existing lease as the business is believed to have been at that address since at least 1928, and possibly since 1917. In about 1966 the business changed its name to A R & H V Jeffery and was operating from premises at 15 Old Town Street, Plymouth (which became part of the Drake Circus Shopping Centre development in the early 1970s) and then from 19/21 Old Town Street from about 1976 to 1982. Price: $2,998.00 Curio/Relic: Yes Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge Manufacturer: W. J. JEFFERY & Sons Model: sidelock ejector Serial Number: 2585 Barrel Length: 30 Ejectors: yes Condition: very good Metal Condition: vg Wood Condition: vg Bore Condition: excellent Barrel Type: Damascus Stock Comb: 1 1/2 Stock Heel: 2 Stock Cast: neutral LOP: 13 5/8 Contact Seller |
Guns International #: 102554941
Seller's Inventory #: p89L4
Guns International #: 102554941
Seller's Inventory #: p89L4