Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'MODELE DE LUXE' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON GUN, serial no. 33906, with extra barrels,
29 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels, raised tapered matt rib with intermediate bead sight, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' and with feathered bordering at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 3/4 choke;
29 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels, raised tapered matt rib with intermediate bead sight and gold-inlaid 'C' at the breech end, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.' and with feathered bordering at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 and full choke;
treble-grip action with hidden third bite, the fences carved in high relief with foliate designs, manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, chequered articulated front trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, the action, lockplates and furniture fully engraved with scrolling foliate designs interspersed with pigeon on the wing, the underside with a cartouche engraved 'MODELE DE LUXE', retaining much original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. highly-figured stock including 3/4in. rubber recoil pad, weight 7lb. 4oz, in its lightweight leather case with provision for both sets of barrels
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed as a 12-bore De Luxe Pigeon gun with 29 1/2in. barrels for Armeria Giorgio in 1953
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Estimate £20,000-25,000
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