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** HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A LITTLE USED 12-BORE 'THE PARADOX' ROUND-BODIED BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK EJECTOR SHOT AND BALL DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 15985,
for 2008, 28in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels (in 2023), finely matted sight rib with two folding leaf sights, marked for 50 and 100 yards and with gold-inlaid sightlines, bead fore-sight, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. BRUTON STREET. LONDON', 2 3/4in. chambers, Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7564 of 1885, integrally bolstered rounded bar action, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, triggers set for the left hand, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the triggerguard gold-inlaid in drop shadow form with the serial number, 15 1/8in. well-figured stock cast on for the left shoulder, weight 7lb. 14oz.
Provenance: The 'Paradox' design was resurrected by Holland & Holland in the early 2000's after some eighty years (the last previously being built in 1933). The prototype in round body form was completed in 2005 and was serial numbered 15983, making this example just the second production model of its type to be made
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Estimate £25,000-35,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act