Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2021 : Sale A1221 Lot 746
I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON A .500 (B/P EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED UNDER-LEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 33989

Product Details

I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON
A .500 (B/P EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED UNDER-LEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 33989
circa 1890, with reblued 28in. side by side barrels, the matted top-rib with panel signed 'MANUFACTURED FOR STONE & SON, LONDON' (rubbed), dove-tailed fore-sight, one standing and one folding leaf rear-sight, the breech end of rib behind rear-sight marked 'AMMUNITION No2 500 EXPRESS', re-coloured borderline engraved rounded action body with blued 'Jones' type swing under-lever, re-coloured borderline engraved back-action locks signed 'I HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON', restocked with a highly figured walnut butt with chequered and horn-capped pistol-grip, ribbed horn heel-plate, original chequered walnut splinter fore-end with Anson & Deeley style release catch and fitted with eyelets for sling



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Estimate £800-1,200

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament