J. R. GOW & SONS 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.

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£999.99

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J. R. GOW & SONS 12G SIDE BY SIDE SHOTGUN.

CLASSIC 12G Side by Side Box Lock Ejector Shotgun by J. R. Gow & Sons. Union Street, Dundee.

Not exactly ‘local’ but not THAT far away for anyone up that way looking for a piece of Scottish Gun Making History.

26” (660mm) Fixed choke barrels at Cylinder and ¾ choke restrictions. Complete with unusual 2 ¾” (70mm) chambers and a Plain Concave Tapering Sight Rib and Brass sight bead. Older traditional game guns like this are usually standard 2 ½” (65mm) chambers. Walls are very good too with a minimum in excess of 30,000 anywhere and 35 plus at the critical 14” in. Basically like a new gun as both barrels will take a .729 bore gauge but a .735 goes nowhere other than the bottom of the chambers.

Overall this tips the scales at a Very Nicely Balanced and light weight 6 Lbs 2 oz (2.78 Kg) and measures out to 42 ¼” (1075mm).

A long enough 14 3/8” (365mm) pull length Walnut Stock with Nice Strong Straight Grain. Very Well executed ½” (12mm) extension matching the concave cut butt and Fine Hand Cut Chequering. All original (?) Blue finish to the metal work in PRISTINE condition. In fact this is that clean I am a little suspicious it has not actually been re-finished. If not it IS in remarkable condition. The previous owner tells me he certainly had no work done to it whilst in his possession.

Plain Bright Finished Action with the makers name set above a field of Scroll Work Hand Engraving. A fine Border line runs right around all edges along with a couple of small / minimal patches of matching scroll. Definitely a case of ‘less IS more’. A vacant initials oval is also inlet to the butt, ready to have tours engraved there.

A NICE, Tasteful, Classy little shotgun. Ticks a few of my boxes anyway.

£999.99

In its day and still now an OBVIOUSLY EXCELLENT QUALITY gun.