A Pair of 12-bore Sidelock Side by Sides

James Purdey and Sons

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Completed in 1984, the colour-case hardened square-bar action-bodies are with double triggers and flat guards. The actions are finely engraved by Ken Hunt in our traditional in-house Rose Scroll pattern with gold-inlaid Old-English maker’s names to the lockplates. The undersides are engraved with vignettes of Grouse in typical scenery. The toplevers, ribs and forends gold-inlaid ‘1’ ‘2’, and the barrels gold inlaid with the maker’s name and address. The highly-figured straight-grip stocks have chequered butt-ends and engraved gold ovals. The barrels have concave game-ribs.

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as JAMES PURDEY & SONS,LIMITED, number 00208758. Checked 2026-08-29.
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British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
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Where it is made
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