Harry Godwin-Austen
Cataloguer
Lot 526S2
A trio of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 24271/2/3 In a brass-mounted oak and leather triple guncase with J. Purdey & Sons trade-label
25 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£25,000 - £35,000
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A trio of 12-bore self-opening sidelock ejector guns by J. Purdey & Sons, no. 24271/2/3
Toplevers, ribs and forends numbered '1', '2' and '3' in gold, best bouquet foliate-scroll engraving, vine leaf fences, cocking-indicators, well-figured replacement stocks (No. 2 with a crack to the rear of right lockplate), the barrels (replacements by maker) with game-ribs engraved J. Purdey & Sons, Audley House, South Audley Street, London, England
No. 1:- Weight 6lb. 13oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 1 additional barrels :- Weight 6lb. 13½oz., 27in. barrels, full & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 2:- Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 2 additional barrels:- Weight 6lb. 13oz., 27in. barrels, full & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 3:- Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, both approx. ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a brass-mounted oak and leather triple guncase with J. Purdey & Sons trade-label
No. 1:- Weight 6lb. 13oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 1 additional barrels :- Weight 6lb. 13½oz., 27in. barrels, full & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 2:- Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 2 additional barrels:- Weight 6lb. 13oz., 27in. barrels, full & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
No. 3:- Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15½in. stock, 27in. barrels, both approx. ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a brass-mounted oak and leather triple guncase with J. Purdey & Sons trade-label
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed the guns were completed in May 1931 for Sir Ian Walker with 28in Whitworth Steel barrels. In December 1971 new barrels, chambered 2¾in., choked Full & Full, were ordered on behalf of Holland & Holland.
Sir Ian Peter Andrew Munro Walker-Okeover (1902 - 1982) succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet of Gateacre Grange in 1915. He was awarded D.S.O. and bar for his service in the Second World War and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire for over thirty years.