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Each gun in the pair was made with blued steel chopperlump barrels featuring a single bead sight on the matted
flat solid rib which shows a gold “1” or “2” at the base, 1 1/4 inch wedges of fleur-de-lis engraving at either breech, “J. PURDEY & SON.” and “AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON. ENGLAND” signed on the left and right tubes respectively, and London nitro proof marks on the flats. Gun “1” is marked “SKEET” on the underside of the lump, and gun “2” is marked “DUCK” in the same location. The barrels for each gun are mated to a highly attractive coin finished self-opening sidelock action displaying deep relief chiseled floral scroll engraving accented by numerous gold inlaid dots bespeckling the entire surface. The engraving surrounds nitre blued bolts on the action, “J. Purdey & Sons” signed in gold on each lockplate, a grotesque mask with gold teeth on the underside of the action, and a smaller mask at
the top of the action at the toplever which shows a gold “1” or “2”. The engraving is signed “K HUNT” at the bottom of both lockplates for legendary Master Engraver Ken Hunt. The guns feature bushed firing pins, double triggers, cocking indicators on either lockplate, and a tang mounted manual safety with gold inlaid “SAFE” indicator.