GUN FALL 2017
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2017
FINE CASED PAIR OF LONDON REFURBISHED SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME SHOTGUNS BY STEPHEN GRANT.S. GRANTSXS SLE8044/804512W/CASE & ACCESSMODERN; C&R(1919) Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4" Chambers. Ken Duglin who, during his tenure at Atkin, Grant, and Lang, made a practice of finding fine old actions and then completely re-working them to customer specifications, thereby giving his clients superb bespoke guns at a reasonable price. These guns are most likely among those he refurbished with London quality case hardening colors and London made stocks and new bbls. These guns have 30" chopper lump bbls with numerals "1" or "2" inlaid in gold on slightly swamped game ribs. Rear portions of ribs are engraved "Patent Ejector". Tops of bbls are engraved "Stephen Grant & Sons" "7 Bury Street St James's London." Bbl flats are stamped with 2001 London nitro proofs for 2-3/4" chambers. SNs are on bottoms of bbls. Case hardened sidelock actions feature automatic safeties (SAFE inlaid in gold) and dbl triggers. They are filed in Grant "best" fashion with double beads and classic Grant house style fences. Actions are engraved with near full coverage very well cut varying sized shaded scroll. "Stephen Grant & Sons" is at the bottom of each lockplate. Scroll engraved trigger guards have SNs in gold on tangs. Actions are originally a true pair with numbers "1" and "2" gold inlaid on top levers and forend tips, matching numbers on bbls. Attractive nicely marbled and lightly figured European walnut straight grip buttstocks measure 14-3/4" over checkered wood butts. Classic drop points are behind locks, and usual point pattern checkering with mullered borders is at grips. Gold ovals on toe lines are engraved "L. C". Splinter ejector forends have Anson releases and wood of each forend matches buttstock very well. BBL set "1": Bore diameter: left -.724, right - .723. Bore restrictions: left - .022 (mod), right - .013 (lt mod). Wall thickness: left - .032, right - .031. Drop at heel: 2-5/16", drop at comb: 1-1/2". Cast on about 3/8". Weight: 6 lbs. 12 oz. LOP: 14-3/4". BBL set "2": Bore diameter: left -.724, right - .724. Bore restrictions: left - .025 (Imod), right - .014 (Lt mod). Wall thickness: left - .035, right - .034. Drop at heel: 2-1/4", drop at comb: 1-1/2". Neutral cast. Weight: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 14-3/4". London best oak and leather two gun case with brass corners and circular central medallion, has leather trimmed canvas outer cover with snap closure. Central leather medallion is embossed "L.C." Interior of case is lined in burgundy cloth, and has Stephen Grant Windmill Road paper label in lid. Case contains usual "best" accessories mostly marked "Atkin, Grant, & Lang" including snap caps, oil bottle and cleaning equipment. CONDITION: Excellent, showing almost no use since being refurbished, with only a few light handling and assembly marks on wood and metal. Gun "1" shows the most use, with a number of scratches on butt, and some marks on bbls. This gun also has had the left top horn of head repaired after the opening of a grain check. Bores are excellent. Mechanically fine. Case is excellent, inside and out. An opportunity to acquire an excellent pair of London "best" game guns at a super bargain price. Bbls and stocks alone would cost well over $40000.00 today. 52356-1 MGM179 (20,000-25,000)