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Category - Woodward, James Shotguns - Shotguns - English Double

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Woodward, James Shotguns
Shotguns - English Double

James Woodward --- Sidelock Ejector --- 12 Gauge, 2 1/2" Chambers

Description:
30" SxS chopper-lump barrels of Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Compressed Steel, choked light modified & skeet. 14 3/8" pull from front trigger to checkered horn buttplate. 1 1/2" - 2 1/2" drop. No cast.

Stocked with fully figured European walnut: Anson pushbutton splinter forend, Straight English grip, classic point-pattern checkering, teardrops, and vacant silver initial oval.

Fully scroll engraved sidelock action with Woodward's signature castellated fences, lightly-protruding gold-line cocking indicators, bushed firing pins, and automatic top tang safety with T-shaped slide fully covering SAFE in gold when ready to fire.

Weight: 6lbs, 12oz. Built in 1898 for 19th Century firearms magnate Marcellus Hartley. With documentation from Purdey's. Birmingham reproved for 2 1/2" cartridges in 2000. 98% barrel blue. Traces original casehardening colors. Tight. Excellent bores. Ejectors in time. In sound, period, leather trunk case with a full complement of accessories and maker's label.

Curio/Relic: Yes
Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge
Manufacturer: James Woodward
Model: Sidelock Ejector
Serial Number: 5290
Barrel Length: 30
Chambers: Original 2 1/2
Ejectors: Yes. In time.
Condition: Fine
Bore Condition: Excellent
Barrels: Sir Joseph Whitworth's Fluid Compressed Steel
Barrel Type: Chopper-lump, Side-by-Side
Action: Sidelock
Triggers: Double
Stock: Highly figured European walnut
Stock Comb: 1 1/2
Stock Heel: 2 1/2
Stock Cast: None
Fore End: Anson pushbutton splinter forend
Butt Pad: Checkered horn buttplate
LOP: 14 3/8
Rib: Smooth, concave
Finish: Blued & Casehardened
Weight: 6lbs, 12oz.
Sights: Fine brass bead
Manufacture Date: 1898
Choke Left: skeet
Choke Right: light modified
Engraving: Fully scroll engraved action
Case: sound, period, leather trunk case with a full complement of accessories and maker's label.
Item Location: Livingston, Montana
Proof:Nitro: Yes
Minimum Wall Thickness Left: .025
Minimum Wall Thickness Right: .024

Price: $28,250.00