A pair of sidelock-s/s double shotguns G.F. Whitby & Son - Cricklewood cal. 12/65 #8095 and 8096 § C + ACC

Barrel length 70 cm (27.5“), stock length 35 cm (13.75“), total length 112 cm (44“), chokes full & cylinder (F & C), weight 2.8 kg, built around 1910, English proof , condition 3-4. Barrel with rubbed bluing in places, smooth barrel rib with barely legible manufacturer‘s name, brass bead, edge engraving on the barrel end with the number „1“ inlaid in gold, ejectors, barrel hook breech, sidelocks with front springs and interceptor sear, receiver and lock plates are engraved with arabesques, the manufacturer‘s name „G.F. Whitby & Son“ is engraved on the lock plates, levers with barely any bluing and the „1“ inlaid in gold, automatic slide tang safety, the blued trigger guard is engraved with arabesques and the serial number Marked with “8095”, double trigger, the front trigger releases the right barrel, forend is color-hardened on the inside, Anson release, golden number “1”, checkering on the forend, buttstock with English stock, teardrops and checkering, monogram plates with animal heads made of crowns originate on the underside of the piston, cut end of the shaft. The number “1” of the set also has more modern but also English post-fire. The right barrel slightly pitted. (#8096) The number 2 of the pair in technically the same version (also chokes), numbered accordingly with the „2“, the right barrel also slightly pitted, bluing on the trigger guard almost completely rubbed off with the serial number „8096“ engraved on it, inside of the The front part is blued, adjustment work on the ejectors can be seen. Delivered in a leather-covered wooden case containing various compartments and shelves, a cleaning rod, cleaning accessories and three buffer cartridges. Leather and strap already show clear signs of wear, strap torn.