Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2015 : Sale A1215 Lot 1236 - S1
HOLLAND & HOLLAND A 16-BORE ROYAL SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR PARADOX SHOT AND BALL GUN, serial no. 30738, wit...

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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 16-BORE 'ROYAL' SELF-OPENING HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR 'PARADOX' SHOT AND BALL GUN, serial no. 30738, with additional 16-bore shot barrels,
26in. nitro reproved chopperlump rifled choke barrels with matt sight rib, folding leaf sights marked for 50 and 100 yards and ramped bead fore-sight, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON. NITRO-PARADOX', barrel loop numbered 15982, 2 1/2in. chambers, Col. G.Vincent Fosbery V.C. patent rifled chokes, patent no. 7568 of 1885, fore-end iron marked 'PARADOX';
28in. nitro chopperlump barrels engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke;
treble-grip action with hidden third bite, toplever engraved 'ROYAL EJECTOR', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold Royal scroll engraving, the underside with an elaborate cartouche inscribed '"ROYAL" SELF-OPENER. PATENT 1922', retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 13 5/8in. stock including 1/2in. extension and 5/8in. rubber recoil pad, weight 6lb. 11oz. (Paradox barrels) and 5lb. 14oz. (shot barrels)

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Estimate £7,000-9,000

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