Well....I suppose they are a "pair," only because they are a number 1 and a number 2 with consecutive serial numbers with identical build characteristics (but not weight nor necessarially LoP) made for a customer. But that doesn't mean they are the classic "matched pairs" - identical guns. But It does look like Purdey, Reilly and probably others would build customers what they wanted.

I'm kind of hoping that Reilly gun 1 (SN 27853) and gun 2 (SN 27854), both built on Scott Triplex actions with 30" Whitworth steel barrels, sideclips on fences, identical engraving, etc., have a gun 3 (20 gauge) and gun 4 (28 gauge) (and in my imagination, I somehow wind up with all 4).

Last edited by Argo44; 01/09/21 08:14 PM.
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