Product Details
* HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .500 / .450 (3 1/4IN.) NITRO EXPRESS 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 28232,
for 1912, 26in. Whitworth-steel nitro chopperlump barrels, file cut sight rib with open sights and two folding leaf sights marked 100, 200 and 300, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight with flip-up moonsight, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET, LONDON. WINNERS OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS, LONDON.' and engraved bands at the breech ends, treble-grip action with hidden third bite, removable striker discs, elongated top strap with manual safety and gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, the action flats with cocking lever return studs and marked 'HOLLAND'S PATENT', hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, chequered articulated front trigger, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with an elaborate cartouche engraved 'CHARGE 70 GRAINS CORDITE .500 / .450 CASE 3 1/4 INCHES', retaining traces of finish, 14in. figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, engraved steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap), sling swivels, missing escutcheon and including 1 1/8in. recoil pad, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 10lb. 11oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1912 for 'Guinard' (Holland & Holland's French agents, Guinard & Co., based at No.14 Avenue de l'Opera, Paris)
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Estimate £15,000-20,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act