Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .500 / .450 (3 1/4IN.) NITRO EXPRESS SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 17976,
26in. nitro chopperlump barrels with finely matted sight rib, open sights and two folding leaf sights, marked 100, 200 and 300, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight with flip-up moonsight, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON. WINNERS OF ALL THE "FIELD" RIFLE TRIALS, LONDON.', treble-grip action with hidden third bite, removable striker discs, elongated top strap, manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, chequered front trigger, best bold scrolling ribboned acanthus in an art nouveau style, the makers name in scrolling banners to the lockplates, the underside with an elaborate cartouche engraved 'CHARGE 70 GRAINS CORDITE. .500 / .450 CASE 3 1/4 INCHES', 14 1/4in. well-figured pistolgrip stock (expert invisible repair to overhorn and minor crack to rear of left lockplate) with cheekpiece, engraved steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap), sling swivels and including 5/8in. wooden extension and 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 10lb. 9oz., in its lightweight canvas and leather case; together with a recent sighting target
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed as a '.500 / 450 DB Hammerless Cordite rifle, toplever, top safety, 26" steel barrels Pistol hand & Cheekpiece Recoil Heelp late' (sic) for Guinard (though the record originally was in the name of J Worsley-Taylor, crossed out and listed as stock for 'London' and thence to Guinard (Holland & Holland's French agents, Guinard & Co., based at No.14 Avenue de l'Opera, Paris).
The rifle was 'finished @ factory' on the 11th February 1905
Other Notes: The stock has recently been expertly repaired and restored by J-P. Daeschler Gunmakers. The sighting target has also been supplied by him
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Estimate £17,000-22,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act