Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND 1883 PATENT 'THE ROYAL' BARREL-COCKING HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 11613, circa 1894, 28in, sleeved nitro barrels, rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' (rubbed, poor fit at breech end), 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke, carved serpentine fences, action incorporating H. Holland and J. Robertson patent barrel cocking action, with cocking levers working alternately to reduce stiffness in operating (the right cocking on opening, the left on closing), patent no. 23 of 1883, action face with W.M. Scott and T. Baker patent 'gas check' gas vents, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 2486, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates, best fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, the underside engraved '"THE ROYAL PATENT SAFETY HAMMERLESS"', the toplever engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND PATENT NO. 23', brushed bright and blued finish overall with pitting to left side, 13 5/8in. stock cast on for the left shoulder, including 1in. recoil pad, weight 6lb. 11oz., in a Brady lightweight leather case and with a canvas slip
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Estimate £700-900
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act