Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 1202
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A .303 SINGLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 19567,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .303 SINGLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 19567,
27in. nitro barrel with file-cut flat top, engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND, 98, NEW BOND STREET. LONDON. WINNERS OF ALL THE FIELD RIFLE TRIALS 1883', open sights with two folding leaf sights and folding tangent sight, white metal-inlaid sight lines and marked for 100, 200 and 300 yards, the tangent sight graduated for 400-600 yards, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, the breech end mounted with a Pecar 2 3/4 x 64 telescopic sight, serial no. 30206, in quickly-detachable mounts, carved percussion fence with teardrop fence to the left side, removable striker bar, elongated top strap, rebounding back-action lock with bolted hammer, border engraving, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, steel pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, fore-end with grip-catch release and horn finial, weight 7lb. 10oz. (unscoped) and 8lb. 5oz. (with scope)

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in December 1912 for a 'Daw'

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Estimate £1,500-2,000

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act