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A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 30746/7
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A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 30746/7

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A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 30746/7
The hand-detachable lockplates with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguards, best engraving of bold foliate-scrollwork, bright finish overall, figured replacement stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs and self-opening compressors
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 15¾in. stocks, 29in. barrels, all approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1922, the year in which their self-opening patent was registered. The actions of these guns bear the inscription 'Patt. App. For' indicating, therefore, that they could be the first guns, or among the very first guns, to incorporate this famous and widely-copied design

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