Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'MODEL NO.3 HAMMERLESS' BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 30153,
for 1922, 28in. nitro barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, action face with patent gas checks, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, border engraving, the underside with 'HOLLAND'S EJECTOR', light patination overall, 14 1/2in. stock including horn buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release, weight 6lb. 6oz., in a leather case with gold-tooled C.B. Vaughan trade label
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1922. The records state initially 'Faunthorpe' but this is crossed out and underwritten 'Bruce'
Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act