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Listing my 12 bore Edgar Perks sidelock ejector with Holland pattern locks. Signed on barrels only. 28 inch chopper lump barrels. Gun is tight and on face and has recently been professionally serviced with new firing pins installed. Will confirm measurements if there is any interest on here, but .732 bore/.030 MWT. I will have to confirm chokes, but I believe they were 3/8 and 1/2. LOP 14.5 inches to center of original leather covered recoil pad. Believed to be 1940's production.

Photos in galleries on Imgur.

https://imgur.com/a/edgar-perks-0HoJleD

https://imgur.com/a/edgar-perks-3-Q7AErzc

Adding link to different Edgar Perks that sold at Holts:

I have consigned the gun with Kirby Hoyt if anyone comes across this and is interested.

I cannot believe your gun did not sell here. It was cool . Daryl

Dan;

That is such a beautiful light weight 20 bore. Why would you ever sell it?

Stephen

Stephan,
Dan’s gun is a 12, the video links to a 20. It is a beautiful 12, too.

Might just be me, but, I would have given the ad here a bit more of a look with more information- level of proof, length of chambers, exact weight, disclosure of whether the gun remains in proof, etc. I couldn’t find a clear shot of the proof marks on the flats, either, but, Imgur doesn’t always let me in to see everything without signing in, which, I usually refuse to do. Direct photo links are better, but, folks struggle with getting them up.

Good luck with the sale.

Best,
Ted

Dan;

Sorry about confusing your gun as a 20 after seeing the video. My ignorance. I should have read your ad instead of viewing the video. I was so interested in what I thought was a 20 bore that I went straight to Kirby's website to look for it.

Please disregard my chatter.

Stephen

Ted;

Thanks for your words to me. Did you notice that this 12 bore is built in best gun methods and even has chopper lump barrels. It may be a sleeper bargain. I now understand why Daryl is surprised that no one here bought it.

Stephen

Stephan,
I did notice that. However, I’m old, jaded, and have paid hard cash for cold lessons. I immediately want to know what level it was proofed for to begin with, and where it is now. Period. I want a clear shot of the flats of the barrels. I don’t know Dan, but, I have noticed, particularly with gun dealers, not disclosing various important points with English guns is not usually an accident or an oversight. If I had a dollar for every gun I excitedly called on, and asked the measurement of the chambers, as to how it was proofed, only to get an earful of diarrhea of the mouth, I could pay cash for Dan’s gun and give him a nice bonus.

Without even realizing it, often enough, I don’t read any further if the information isn’t there. Regardless of who put the ad up.

It’s me, not him.

Best,
Ted

Gentlemen, thanks for the interest.

I was merely lazy in the ad listing, and am not a dealer. The gun was wearing original proofs (1 1/8) and is in original dimensions/configuration to the best of my knowledge, including the recoil pad which is apparently identical to the 20 bore that sold at Holts. According to my bathroom scale, standard English game gun weight at around 6 3/4. But I don't have an accurate gun scale even though I have been meaning to get one.

Where I really screwed up was shipping to Kirby in an oversized hard case. That ran about $140

Also, I had the gun imported a few years ago so there were no concerns about shade tree domestic smiths lengthening chambers and that sort of thing. Otherwise, it would have been illegal to sell in the UK.

Ted, proofs are in this gallery, and directly below:

https://imgur.com/a/edgar-perks-3-xK02PMN