April 11-13, 2023 Firearms and Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2023
Circa 1920. A nicely built and well balanced English made sidelock 16 bore game gun with 28" dovetail barrels. Blacked barrels with 2 - 1/2" chambers, ejectors, and have been fit with a smooth concave game rib. Rib nicely appointed with dolls head extension and steel round front bead sight at muzzle. Rib reads "WILLIAM EVANS 65 PALL MALL. ST JAMES'S, LONDON". Breech end of barrels and rib are decorated engraved scroll. Barrel flats with appropriate proofs markings and read "NITRO PROOF 1 OZ. MAXIMUM". Barrel bottoms with guns serial number. Chokes are Improved Modified in left barrel and Modified in right barrel. Case colored lightly scroll engraved sidelock action with cocking indicators and reads "WILLIAM EVANS" at bar. Watertable with serial number. Action built with a screw grip third fastener, disk set strikers, double triggers, and blacked engraved top lever with checkered thumb piece. Slide safe is blacked, engraved, and checkered. "SAFE" is gold. Gun is built with auto-safe. Darkish brown straight grained walnut stock is built with English straight hand grip, golden oval is engraved "G.H.W.JR.". Grip is sharply checkered and stock is finished by a black leather covered pad. Splinter forend with matched sharp checkering, engraved escutcheon and Anson push button release. Gun lives in a vintage leather case with cleaning accessories. Case lid with black and gold "WILLIAM EVANS" trade label. CONDITION: Very good as refurbished. Barrels with blacked satin finish and bright bores. Action is sound and is slightly proud over wood. Ejectors are in time and triggers operated well with snap caps. Stock and forend both very good as refurbished. Good gun.
Item Dimensions: 32 x 10 x 5"
Accessories
Leather Case and Cleaning Accessories
Barrel Wall Thickness
(L) .024 (R) .032
Internal Bore Diameter
(BOTH) .667
Manufacturer
William Evans