Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE PERKES PATENT BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR 1885 FOSBERY PATENT 'PARADOX' RIFLED-CHOKE SHOT AND BALL GUN, serial no. 11976,
28in. nitro reproved barrels with matt sight rib, two folding leaf sights (one damaged) and bead fore-sight, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON. "PARADOX" FOSBERY PATENT', 2 1/2in. chambers, Fosbery patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, bore dimensions marginal and some pitting, Perkes No.2 patent hammerless action, patent no. 1968 of 1878, use number 1723, carved fences, Scott patent gas check system, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 4887, cocking lever return studs, protruding tumbler pivots, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, border engraving, brushed finish (numerous surface indentations), 15in. replacement pistolgrip stock, horn pistolgrip-cap, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch and replacement wood, weight 6lb. 14oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed 1891, listed as simply as a 'No.2'. the original owner's name is indistinct in the records.
Estimate £2,500-3,500
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