Sealed Bid Auction - March 2019 : Sale S0319 Lot 5799
HOLLAND & HOLLAND 12-BORE 1878 PERKES-PATENT BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 14649,

Product Details

HOLLAND & HOLLAND 12-BORE 1878 PERKES-PATENT BACK-ACTION SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 14649, 30in. black powder barrels, the rib engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, left wall thickness at 17, some dents and rivels, Perkes No.2 patent hammerless action, patent no. 1968 of 1878, use number 1807, Scott patent gas check system, patent no. 617 of 1882, use number 5054, cocking lever return studs, protruding tumbler pivots, automatic safety, border engraving, 14in. figured stock including buttplate, weight 6lb. 7oz., in its makers canvas and leather case

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in October 1910 for a 'Tregonning'

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Estimate £600-800

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act