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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
Is the Purdey a hammerless gun or a hammer gun?
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Hi Bill-
It's hammerless. Below are the details from the Purdey records...
Completed: 29th November 1890
Calibre: 12-bore (2¾in. case)
Description: A hammerless non-ejector pigeon gun
Weight at completion: 7lb. 4½oz.
Barrels: 29½in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: Modified (Right) & Choke (Left)
Stock length: 14in.
Built for: R.P. Carrol
Notes:
Action with provision to be fitted with ejectors
Triggers and stock set for left-handed use
The following gun, No. 13,662, was purchased by the same man on the same day, but was finished as a game gun
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