Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 1520
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A .410 (SMOOTHBORED) ROYAL SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 18228,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .410 (SMOOTHBORED) 'ROYAL' SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 18228,
26in. nitro reproved octagonal barrel (bored out from .295 semi-smooth bore) with file cut top flat, retaining original open sights and two folding leaf sights with white metal sight lines and marked 50, 100 and 150, bead fore-sight, the breech end engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND ST. LONDON. WINNERS OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS. .295 SEMI SMOOTH BORE', 2 1/2in. chamber, bored approx. full choke, action with teardrop fences, removable striker disk, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 15in. figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, steel pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, Hackett snap fore-end with horn finial, small loss to edge of fore-end wood left side near knuckle, weight 4lb. 14oz.

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Estimate £800-1,200

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