Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 1461
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE ROYAL SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 32903,

Product Details

HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 32903,
circa 1934, 26 1/2in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', the under rib with 'MADE IN ENGLAND', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, semi-selective single trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with elaborate cartouches engraved 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER PATENT 1922' and 'HOLLAND'S SINGLE TRIGGER', retaining traces of renewed colour-hardening,14 1/4in. well-figured replacement semi-pistolgrip stock including 3/4in. leather covered recoil pad, weight 6lb. 10oz., in a lightweight leather case with canvas outer.



Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1934 for a Mr Wise and that the gun was subsequently rebarrelled by them in 1959



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Estimate £5,000-7,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act