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  • Also by Purdey will be a rare 12-bore hammer ejector gun built in 1895 for Lord Ripon, Earl de Grey, later second Marquess of Ripon estimate: £20,000-£30,000.

    The Fire Power of Pistols Margaret Studer 2011

  • A highlight will be a 12-bore, over-and-under rifle two barrels, one over the other from 1974 by English gunmaker J.

    A Wealth of Scottish Treasure Margaret Studer 2011

  • If more of us had a 12-bore sat in the cupboard the more the scroats might have second thoughts before breaking in.

    The Reality Behind The Crime Figues « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • The certificate includes the 12-bore Fisher shotgun used with the 0.22 rifle in his killings, which took place between Whitehaven and the remote Lake District hamlet of Boot where he shot himself in a wood.

    Police had 'no grounds' to ban killer Derrick Bird from owning guns Martin Wainwright 2010

  • Another interesting item will be a 12-bore, hunting firearm by London maker Boss & Co. from 1909—the first over-and-under gun built by Boss estimate: £10,000-£15,000.

    A Wealth of Scottish Treasure Margaret Studer 2011

  • From 1937 comes a pair of 12-bore, self-opening, sidelock ejector guns from Purdy that are expected to fetch £35,000-£45,000.

    The Fire Power of Pistols Margaret Studer 2011

  • And finally, at the request of La Ross himself, those popular hitmakers of the day Roxy Music, where the reanimated corpse of Bryan Ferry will assume a louche posture on a chaise longue and deliver controversial bon mots over the sound of hunting bugles and his posho son picking off the riff-raff with a 12-bore shotgun.

    Jonathan Ross Made Kelly Osbourne Hysterical? 2010

  • Given that the oldest Purdey that regularly comes back for servicing is a 12-bore side-by-side hammerless ejector from 1883, the annual cost suddenly begins to seem more reasonable.

    Lock, Stock, and Barrel 2009

  • Quokka, the only why the KS will change is if someone gives him a 12-bore lobotomy

    Cheeseburger Gothic » A one night stand, or rather, very early morning 2009

  • The police found over 22 spent cartridges — some were 8 mm and the rest 12-bore cartridges — and used bullets of .315 rifles today.

    Bombs & bullets fly, cops blame Maoists Abhay N 2007

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