Purdey shotguns for start of grouse shooting season

(11 Aug 2011)
AP Television
London, UK - August 8, 2011
1. Various of stuffed game birds
2, Tilt up painting of former Purdey chairman
3. Set up of Nigel Beaumont, Chairman, James Purdey & Sons, walking to gun cabinet
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Beaumont, Chairman, James Purdey & Sons:
"A client comes to us, he''s decided to buy guns either as singles, pairs, trios or even sets. We will then ask him for his requirements on every single item on this gun - the barrel length, the chokes, the stock dimension, the triggers, the weights, the balances - that he requires."
5. Wide of Purdey & Sons boardroom
6. Close of mounted head of a deer
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Beaumont, Chairman, James Purdey & Sons:
"So what we have here is a "try" gun. With this instrument we can determine the dimensions of the shooter.
8. Close of butt of gun
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nigel Beaumont, Chairman, James Purdey & Sons: (PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT #10)
"This gun has a light that shines down the right-hand barrel. With this I can determine a man''s dimensions. His bend, his cast and the general fit of the gun to him. So by seeing him pull the trigger on the gun, and I look where the beam is going, I can determine where he is going to shoot.
10. Mid over the shoulder of Nigel Beaumont aiming ''try'' gun at bird target on board
11. Set up of John Corry, James Purdey & Sons, walking through showroom to gun cabinet
12. SOUNDBITE (English) John Corry, James Purdey & Sons:
"So, here we have a 20-bore, side-by-side game gun, fairly typical, with 29-inch barrels. What''s unusual about this gun is the game scene engraving on both sides, which takes a long time to engrave and is also very expensive."
13. Various details of shotgun engraving
14. Close of price label, pan to serial number, UPSOUND, John Corry: "You can see the serial number here, every gun will have it''s unique serial number."
15. SOUNDBITE (English) John Corry, James Purdey & Sons:
"This gun is technically second-hand, but for the pair it is 142-thousand pounds (USD 230,000). If you ordered these guns now, it would be significantly more, because of the overheads, etc, etc., so it''s about 200-thousand pounds (USD 325,000)."
16. Various details of engraving, UPSOUND, John Corry, James Purdey & Sons:
"This is a bespoke engraving, chosen by the client and it has then been created by our engraver. So, here we have two cock pheasants, which is fairly standard really when it comes to a game scene. Some clients may have their own dogs, or their wives, or their houses. But usually on a game gun it''s usually going to be a game bird of some sort."
17. Wide of engraver Tom Nicholls at work in Purdey & Sons workshop
18. Close of engraving
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Nicholls, Engraver, James Purdey & Sons:
"This one is for a customer and I''ve got a reference of a book of patterns that we always use when they ask for the traditional ''Rose and Scroll''. But I''m going to change a slight, few things so that it''s mine as well as theirs."
20. Tilt down from workshop to Tom Nicholls at work
21. Close of engraving
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Nicholls, Engraver, James Purdey & Sons:
"You''ll have a client come in and they''ll say - ''I want my dog on here or I want'' - some have their house, or show their family or maybe even a landscape of where they live."
23. Wide pan of workshop
24. Various of barrel assembly and testing
25. Various of furnace and barrel ''tinning'' process
26. Various of John Dowell, finisher, polishing wooden gun stock
27. SOUNDBITE (English) John Dowell, Finisher, James Purdey & Sons:
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