Lot Essay
Holland & Holland have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1915
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE (2¾IN) 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 29944, hand-detachable lockplates, articulated front trigger, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the fences engraved with a stylized shell motif, highly-figured stock with recoil-pad, the barrels with matt three-quarter raised pigeon-rib and intermediate bead-sight
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A 12-BORE (2¾IN) 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 29944, hand-detachable lockplates, articulated front trigger, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the fences engraved with a stylized shell motif, highly-figured stock with recoil-pad, the barrels with matt three-quarter raised pigeon-rib and intermediate bead-sight
Weight 7lb. 15oz., 15in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ½ & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
Weight 7lb. 15oz., 15in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ½ & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof