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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A PAIR OF 16-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 22177 / 8,
28in. replacement nitro barrels (by the makers in 1974), ribs engraved 'Royal' in script and gold-inlaid '1' and '2', tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 13 BRUTON STREET, LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland patent semi-selective single triggers, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the undersides with elaborate cartouches inscribed 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', and ovals inscribed 'patent single trigger', retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. figured stocks including 1in. rubber recoil pads, weight 6lb., in a leather case
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this pair of shotguns were completed with single-triggers and 30in. barrels in August 1909 for 'Allfrey'.
Estimate £18,000-22,000
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