Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 16-BORE 1878 PATENT 'CLIMAX SAFETY HAMMERLESS' BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 12835,
28 1/4in. nitro reproved blacked damascus barrels (loose on action), the rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/2 choke, left wall thickness below recommended minimum, Perkes patent hammerless action, patent no. 1968 of 1878, use number 1522, Scott patent gas check system, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 4128, cocking lever return studs, border engraving, brushed bright finish, 14 1/2in. figured stock including 1 3/4in. wooden extension, fore-end wood with some damage, weight 5lb. 14oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed for an A.C. Johnson
Augustus Charles Johnson b1837, a landed proprietor from Wytham-On-The-Hill, Lincolnshire
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Estimate £700-900
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act