Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 1883 PATENT 'THE ROYAL' BARREL-COCKING HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 11404,
dated 1890, 29in. nitro reproved barrels, rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, H. Holland and J. Robertson patent barrel cocking action, patent no. 23 of 1883, action face with W.M. Scott and T. Baker patent 'gas check' gas vents, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 4256, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates, protruding tumbler pivots, best fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, the underside engraved '"THE ROYAL PATENT SAFETY HAMMERLESS"', the toplever engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND PATENT NO. 23', retaining traces of colour-hardening and renewed finish, 14 3/8in. tiger stripe figured stock including buttplate, weight 6lb. 11oz., in a case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in October 1890
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Estimate £800-1,200
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act