Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND .410 SMOOTHBORED) 'THE ROSS' 1882 PATENT LEVER-COCKING SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 10551, converted from.295 semi-smooth bored, 28in. turned octagonal to round smoothbored barrel (not closing properly, many hammer marks at breech-end) rear-sight removed and dove-tail insert and engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND ST. LONDON. .295. SEMI SMOOTH BORE. WINNERS OF ALL THE 'FIELD' RIFLE TRIALS 1883. PATENT NO. 1294.', 2 1/2in. chamber, bored approx. imp. cyl. choke, H.W. Holland patent lever-cocking action, patent no. 1294 of 17th March 1882, carved teardrop fences, manual side lever safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, non-selective ejector, border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening and finish, 14in. pistolgrip stock including pistolgrip cap and buttplate (heavily woodwormed), Hackett snap-on splinter fore-end including horn finial (some losses to wood), weight 4lb. 7oz.
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Estimate £250-350
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act