Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 1453
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE 1883 PATENT ROYAL SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 12974,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 1883 PATENT 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 12974,
for 1890, 30 1/4in. nitro reproved blacked damascus barrels, rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, treble-grip H. Holland and J. Robertson patent barrel cocking action incorporating improved ejector mechanism, patent no. 11623 of 26th August 1887, with cocking levers working alternately to reduce stiffness in operating (the right cocking on opening, the left on closing), action face with W.M. Scott and T. Baker patent 'gas check' gas vents, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 4310, toplever engraved 'PATENT EJECTOR', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates, protruding tumbler pivots, border engraving, the underside engraved 'ROYAL EJECTOR. PATENT NO. 11623', 15in. figured stock (setting crack to rear of right lockplate) including 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, weight 7lb., in its makers leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this gun was completed in 1890 for a 'Christy'



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Estimate £1,500-2,000

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