BEAUTIFUL JAMES PURDEY 12GA LIGHTWEIGHT 26" SELF OPENER -- BUILT FOR CYNTHIA MELDRUM CHAPIN in 1932

Description:
BEAUTIFUL JAMES PURDEY 12GA SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT 26" SELF OPENER -- PURCHASED BY AND BUILT FOR NYC SOCIALITE CYNTHIA MELDRUM CHAPIN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF QUAIL AND DOVE HUNTING ON HER HUSBANDS PALATIAL GEORGIA PLANTATION. HIGH ORGINAL CONDITON IN ITS ORIGINAL LEATHER MOTOR CASE WITH RODS AND JAGS -- AN IINCREDIBLE LITTLE SUPER LIGHT PURDEY SELF OPENER THAT WAS RESTOCKED BY PURDEY FOR ITS SECOND OWNER TO 14" LOP. -- A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A BETWEEN THE WARS BEST QUALITY UPLAND MASTERPIECE -- WHAT A GREAT LITTLE GUN TO CHERISH AND USE WITH  LIGHT LOAD 2 - 2 1/2" SHELLS OVER A BRACE OF POINTING DOGS. WHAT A PLEASURE TO HOLD AND HANDLE AND OH SOO RARE!

PURDEY ENTRY SHOWS:
No. 24625
Completed: October 1932
For: Mrs. C.M. Chapin
Description: A lightweight hammerless ejector game gun
Weight: 5lb. 14¼oz.
Calibre: 12-bore (2 5/8in. Case) Barrels:
26in. Whitworth Choke: True Cyl & Tight Cyl
Stock: 13 5/8in.
 Notes: Finished with a leather-covered Silver’s recoil-pad, with rounded toe and sides Note in choke book: “open shooting for quail and dove”

Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge
Manufacturer: JAMES PURDEY AND SONS
Model: BEST SIDELOCK
Serial Number: 24625
Barrel Length: 26
Chambers: 2 5/8
Ejectors: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT ORIGINAL
Metal Condition: EXCELLENT ORIGINAL
Wood Condition: EXCELLENT ORIGINAL
Bore Condition: EXCELLENT
Action: SIDELOCK SELF OPENER
Triggers: 2
Stock: STRAIGHT HAND
Stock Comb: 1 1/2
Stock Heel: 2 1/4
Butt Pad: FACTORY INSTALLED LEATHER COVERED SILVERS
LOP: 14
Weight: 5lbs 14oz
Sights: 1
Manufacture Date: 1932
Choke Left: IC
Choke Right: CYL
Engraving: FULL COVERAGE SCROLL
Extras: JAG , RODS , MOP
Case: MOTOR
Proof:Nitro: Yes

Price: $21,950.00