Probably every gun aficionado dreams of a classic english double and on top of the wishlist usually there is one name: Purdey – “King of Gunmakers” and Gunmaker of the Kings, established 1814 in London, looking back at a long and rich history.
This gun was made in 1896 for a Mr. Sorchan. It was made with a set of 30″ barrels and a set of 27″ barrels , both choked about modified in the left barrel and not choked in the right barrel.
The gun appears in the Griffin and Howe records for Abercrombie and Fitch about 7 times during the span of 1931-34, being bought and sold several times. The present owner has a letter coming from Griffin and Howe, detailing their activity with the gun.
It is a self opener and as luck would have it, has been restocked very nicely to the new owner’s dimension of 15 1/4″ length of pull. The case is a later one, probably from the 1930s, marked “Abercrombie and Fitch” and “England”. The Purdey label is a later one.
