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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A RARE 12-BORE 1911 PATENT 'DUPLEX' CHOKE BOXLOCK EJECTOR 'PROPRIETARY PIGEON GUN', serial no. 91663,
Webley serial number only, 30in. nitro barrels with raised matt rib, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND STREET. LONDON. PATENT "DUPLEX" CHOKE, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, plain, unsigned treble-grip action with removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fore-end wood numbered 28938, 14 1/4in. stock, weight 7lb. 5oz.;
Provenance: Henry Holland and William Mansfield patented the 'Duplex' two stage choke, patent no. 23832 of 27th October 1911, with the primary aim of reducing strain on barrels and lessening muzzle weight.
The 'Proprietary Pigeon gun' was offered by Holland & Holland as an inexpensive 12-bore boxlock ejector with 2 3/4in. chambers, using this patented choke system on boxlock shotguns supplied to them by Webley & Scott.
It was this model that was to be used as the basis for the better known 'Aero' gun, with the addition of back sights and used in combination with another patent by the two men, patent 23196 of 27th November 1914, the 'String of Shot'. Designed for the sole purpose of being used against aircraft or Zeppelins (comprising of a cartridge with a nucleus of a single solid ball with a variety of smaller shot connected by wire.)
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
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