J Purdey & Sons No. 12185

Completed: August 1885

For: Major General Bateson

Description: No. 2 of a pair of toplever sidelock bar-in-wood hammer guns

Weight: 6lb. 12¾oz.

Calibre: 12-bore

Barrels: 31in. Whitworth Steel

Choke: Both Modified Choke

Stock: 14 5/8in.

Notes:

Loose front trigger

Apteds safety on triggers

Indicators on action

‘Shield of action sunk to rib’

23 April 1888: Left bridle broken

8^th October 1888: Choke modified in both barrels

Stock bend reduced to as to make them lighter forward to match old guns, and face of stock filed to increase cast.

Bateson was quite a serious pigeon shot and appears in the Dallas history of Purdey. There’s a contemporary photo of him in the Long Room

Dr. Nicholas A. Harlow
Gun Room Manager
James Purdey & Sons Ltd

57-58 South Audley Street
London W1K 2ED
United Kingdom