(C) PURDEY 12 BORE SLE SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN, TWO BARREL SET, WITH ENGRAVING BY KEN HUNT.

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/16/2025

Per the included Purdey letter, this set was built in 1960 as a 12 bore hammerless ejector, two barrel set, both 30" with matted vent ribs, ivory front beads and metal mid beads, beavertail forearm, large scroll engraving with bird scenes on locks, single trigger, Monte Carlo stock with pistol grip, and Silvers plate, with a 13 - 15/16" length of pull, 1 - 1/2" drop at comb, 2 - 1/8" at heel, 8 lbs 6 oz weight, non-automatic safety, and full chokes. It was stocked by Sorrel, finished by Geekie, actioned by Peter Nelson, barrels by Harvey, and engraved by Hunt. Barrel sets remain in lettered configuration with ivory bead front sights, brass mid beads, matted vent ribs, and engraved with Purdey's Audley House legends over chambers. Barrels with sequential tube numbers from 67049 to 67052 with discrete "A.H" initials for Harvey and "Purdey". Barrel flats with English nitro proofs for a 3 - 1/4 ton proofed 12 gauge with 2 - 3/4" chambers and nominal .729 IBD. Beavertail forearm with Anson style plunger release at reinforced tip with point pattern checkering about a pair of iron escutcheons, with mixed floral and acanthus scroll on a stippled ground. Interior with matching serial number and "P.N" for Peter Nelson. Action flats with "J. Purdey & Sons. London, England". and CP proof. Disc set strikers, Purdey self opening system. Sidelock actions with cocking indicators, eight pins, and engraved wide floral scroll and motifs of a pigeon on a Bogardus ball thrower on both locks, underside with a pigeon lodge. Blued trigger guard with single trigger, non-automatic safety with "SAFE" in gold ahead of tab, and long tang with serial number runs to tip of pistol grip with "DONATED BY NAN & FRANK PACHMAYR TO DUCKS UNLIMITED". Walnut stock of a well-defined straight grain, becoming more figured towards butt, with modified point pattern checkering about the wrist, tear drops, brass inlaid "WJH" initials at toe line, and Old English Pachmayr pad. In canvas wrapped case with wine colored lining and compartmentalized for pair snapcaps, striker pot, both sets of barrels, and selvyt cloth. CONDITION: Barrels with the vast majority of their factory blue with some scattered handling marks and silvering where forearm makes contact and thinning to sharp edges. Forearm with a 3" sliver missing along right side, with scattered handling marks and recut checkering. Action with the vast majority of case colors, including significant retention of lacquer, primarily to right plate. Buttstock a more modern restock, well fit, with scattered handling marks and impressions. 1 - 1/4" strip of rash at toe. Mechanically fine, bores smooth with firing residue throughout. Barrel set two has had chokes opened up. Ejectors are soft but in time. Case fine, with label on exterior with serial number.

Name

Value

Accessories

Case

Barrel Length

(BOTH) 30"

Barrel Wall Thickness

(A) (BOTH) .034 (B) (L) .033 (R) .038

Chamber

(BOTH) 2 - 3/4"

Choke

(A) (L) .040 (R) .037 (B) (L) .019 (R) .025