NEW LOT ADDED Published: 6 Mar 2026
Fine Modern & Antique Guns - April 2026 : Sale A0426 Lot 772
A .577 (SNIDER) I. HOLLIS & SONS COMMERCIAL SNIDER CARBINE, serial no. 1242,

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A .577 (SNIDER) I. HOLLIS & SONS COMMERCIAL SNIDER CARBINE, serial no. 1242,
circa 1875, with round 18 1/2in. barrel rifled in five grooves, block and blade fore-sight, short carbine ladder rear-sight, Birmingham proofs, flip-open breech with sprung thumb-catch and marked with a broad arrow and 'WD', plain lock signed on the bar 'I. HOLLIS & SONS' and with the 'GUNMAKERS TO HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPT' roundel to the tail, walnut half-stock, iron furniture, the heel-plate with central trap, saddle-bar, single barrel band and no provision for clearing rod




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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament