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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED CHOKE SHOT AND BALL TOPLEVER HAMMER GUN, serial no. 15423,
28in. nitro reproved barrels (in 2015) with matt sight rib, leaf sights for 50 and 100 yards and bead foresight, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON "PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', 2 1/2in. chambers, Col. G.Vincent Fosbery V.C. patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. stock including steel buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch, weight 7lb.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in October 1897 for "Rixon"
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
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