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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED CHOKE SHOT AND BALL TOPLEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 15267,
28in. black powder only barrels with matt sight rib, leaf sights for 50 and 100 yards and bead foresight, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND 98 NEW BOND STREET LONDON "PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', 2 1/2in. chambers, Col. G.Vincent Fosbery V.C. patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 15in. semi-pistolgrip stock (cracked and repaired at hand) including 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, weight 7lb. 2oz., in a Holland & Holland lightweight leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was competed for 'Lloyd Graeme' as a 12-bore paradox gun with 28in. steel barrels
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
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