Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A KEN HUNT-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'MODELE DE LUXE' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 36526,
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 13. BRUTON STREET. LONDON.' and the rib engraved 'MODELE DE LUXE', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 3/4 choke, slim Holland & Holland self-opening treble-grip action with hidden third bite, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, gold-washed single trigger, gold-washed internals, the fences carved with oak leaves and acorns set against a matt background, the action and lockplates engraved with partial acanthus scroll engraving, the left lockplate with a brace of ruffed grouse in flight through a woodland setting, the right with a brace of volitant woodcock, the underside with a brace of flushed partridge, signed 'K.C. Hunt', retaining much original colour-hardening and finish, 14in. figured stock including 1/2in. leather-covered rubber recoil pad, weight 6lb. 12oz., in its makers tan leather case with canvas and leather outer
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1961 for a 'Hopkins'. The records also state:
"...game engraving (to be done by Purdey's)
Gold plate inside work and trigger..."
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Estimate £20,000-25,000
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