Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED-CHOKE SHOT AND BALL 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 15450,
28in. nitro reproved barrels with matt sight rib with leaf sights for 50 and 100 yards, gold 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, elongated top-strap, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, chequered front trigger, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside engraved 'THE ROYAL HAMMERLESS', brushed bright and reblued finish overall, engraving refreshed on triggerguard, 14 3/8in. boldly-figured replacement stock with matching fore-end wood, weight 7lb. 3oz. We are kindly informed by the makers that this shotgun was completed October 1898 for Guy Wilson, Esq.
Estimate £6,000-8,000
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