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ULTRALIGHT TWO INCH 12 BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR GAME

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
ULTRALIGHT TWO INCH 12 BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR GAME

GUN BY W.J. JEFFREY. Cal. 12 Ga., 2". S# 36910. The 26" dovetailed bbls. are engraved "W.J. Jeffrey & Co. Ltd. 9 Golden Square. Regent St. London. W.1." on narrow swamped game rib. Top of right bbl. is gold inlaid "FOR 2 INCH CASE ONLY". Bbl. flats stamped w/ Birmingham nitro proofs for 2" chambers at 7/8 oz shot. Case hardened dbl. Ogee backed boxlock action features automatic safety ("SAFE" inlaid in silver) & dbl. triggers. Action engraved w/ line & geometric borders. Maker's name is in geometric outlined rectangle on each side. Action is well filed w/ fine beads around fences. Blued top lever, floorplate & trigger guard have matching border engraving. S# on trigger guard tang. Straight grip buttstock of attractive well marbled & lightly figured European walnut measures 14 1/4" over brown leather covered pad. Point pattern checkering w/ mullered borders is on diamond hand & vacant silver oval is on toeline. Matching splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Iron stamped w/ importer's name & address (Woodcock Hill). MEASUREMENTS: bbls.: bore diameter: right: - .731", left: - .730". Choke restriction: right: - .007" (IC), left: - .037" (extra full). Minimum wall Thickness: right: - .023", left: - .022". STOCK: DAH: 2"-. DAC: 1 7/16"+. CAST: 1/2" off. LOP: 14 1/4". WEIGHT: 5 lbs. 0 oz. CONDITION: very good to fine as partially refinished. Bbls. retaining nearly all of a professional reblack. Action retains 40% original case hardening color, strong in protected areas. Top lever retains most of its original blue. Floorplate retains nearly all of a reblue. Trigger guard, also reblued, retains 30% of that blue. Stocks retain most of a professional oil refinish w/ a fair number of subsequent marks. Checkering competently recut. Forend wood slightly below metal of forend tip & central lozenge. Bores are bright & shiny. There is evidence of professional dent removal at top of left bbl. approx. 9" from muzzle. Action is tight. Bbls. on face. Ejectors are strong & in time. (21-3989/MGM). CURIO. $3,000-5,000.