Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 945
I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON A .577/.450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'MARTINI-HENRY', serial no. 4337,

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I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON
A .577/.450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'MARTINI-HENRY', serial no. 4337,
circa 1900, with 30in. blued barrel, full length raised matt sighting rib signed 'I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON' towards the breech, blade fore-sight, rear express sight with six matted platinum lined folding leaves, a standing notch and an adjustable ladder calibrated to 1,200 yards, border and scroll engraved action signed 'I. HOLLIS & SONS' on the right side and decorated with a vignette of a lion on the left, well figured pistolgrip stock with chequered grip and fore-end, dark horn fore-end cap, white metal escutcheon, and brass-mounted ebony cleaning rod, older refinish throughout.

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Estimate £500-700