Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2016 : Sale A0916 Lot 1501 - S2
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 16-BORE ROYAL SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 33042,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 16-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 33042,
28in. unsigned replacement nitro chopperlump barrels (London proofed 2004), rib gold-inlaid '2', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, slim action with slender fences, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland patent semi-selective single trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with 'ROYAL EJECTOR' and 'HOLLAND'S SINGLE-TRIGGER', brushed finish overall, 14 1/8in. replacement semi-pistolgrip stock cast and swept towards central vision (the lockplates and furniture similarly swept), weight 5lb. 14oz.

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1936 for a "Whitehead". The gun was originally made as a 12-bore, 2in. gun

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Estimate £6,000-8,000

S2