Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2019 : Sale A0319 Lot 1420
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 12-BORE NO.3 MODEL BACK-ACTION HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 28846,

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE 'NO.3 MODEL' BACK-ACTION HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 28846,
28in. replacement nitro barrels, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 13 BRUTON STREET. LONDON.', the rib gold-inlaid '2' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, toplever gold-inlaid '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, partially engraved with acanthus scrollwork, the underside with 'HOLLAND'S EJECTOR', 13 3/4in. stock with insert repair to underside, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch, weight 6lb. 10oz.

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in January 1917 for a Col. Cadman

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Estimate £1,500-2,000

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