Product Details
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A .375 H&H MAGNUM (FLANGED) 'ROYAL' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 30421,
26in. nitro chopperlump barrels, matt sight rib with open sights and folding leaf sight, marked 50, 200 and 350, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight with flip-up moonsight, the breech end mounted with a B. Nickel Variabel 1-4x E/D telescopic sight, serial no. 418087, in quickly-detachable mounts, the tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98. NEW BOND STREET. LONDON.', bolstered treble-grip action with hidden third bite, removable striker discs, elongated top strap, manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, cocking lever return studs, articulated matted front trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best bold Royal scroll engraving with beaded borders, the fences with engraved shell motifs, the underside with an elaborate cartouche engraved 'ROYAL HAMMERLESS EJECTOR', retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14in. figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, engraved and colour-hardened steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap), sling swivels, including 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, oval gold escutcheon and second oval gold escutcheon initialled 'CD' to the stock face near buttpad, weight 9lb. 14oz. (unscoped) and 10lb. 14oz. (with scope).
Holts historian Donald Dallas features the development of the .375 Magnum in his "In the Gunroom" article for the March 2019 Auction Catalogue. Please click HERE to read the article.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1924 with 26in. barrels for 'Citron Co.'
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Estimate £20,000-25,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act