Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .303 NITRO EXPRESS SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 19566,
28in. lined nitro reproved two-stage octagonal barrel with open-sights and folding leaf sights for 100, 200 and 300 yards with tangent sights (replaced), barrel engraved (refreshed) 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND . 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON. WINNERS OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS 1883.', action with removable striker bar, carved percussion fence, elongated top strap, rebounding back-action lock with front bolted hammer, border engraving, brushed finish overall, 14in. well-figured pistolgrip stock with steel pistolgrip-cap and horn buttplate, missing sling eye, fore-end with grip-catch release and horn finial, weight 7lb. 9oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this rifle was completed as a .303 in 1899 for A.N. Jarvis.
Estimate £3,000-4,000
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