Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .297/.250 'THE ROSS' 1882 PATENT LEVER-COCKING SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS EJECTOR ROOK RIFLE, serial serial no. 13176,
25in. lined octagonal nitro barrel with matt top-flat, open sights and two folding leaf sights with white metal inlaid sight lines and marked for 50, 100 and 150 yards, engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND ST. LONDON. 250 SEMI SMOOTH BORE' on the right, the left with 'WINNER OF ALL THE 'FIELD' RIFLE TRIALS 1883. PATENT No. 1294.', H.W. Holland patent lever-cocking action, patent no. 1294 of 17th March 1882, carved teardrop fences, removable striker disc, manual side lever safety with engraved 'SAFE' detail, non-selective ejector mechanism, border and acanthus scroll engraving, 14 1/2in. figured pistolgrip stock with steel pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, Hackett snap fore-end with horn finial, weight 5lb. 4oz., in its canvas and leather case, the lid exterior marked 'J.O. JOHNSON'
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in April 1889 for 'J.O. Johnson'
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
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