AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE .577 (3IN. NITRO EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 19276

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE .577 (3IN. NITRO EXPRESS) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 19276
'Best Quality', the toplever engraved 'PATENT EJECTOR', the underside of the action-body engraved 'Charge 90 Grains Cordite, Bullet 650 Grains, .577 Case 3 Inches', rebounding backlocks with dolphin hammers, articulated front trigger, percussion fences, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, engraved pistolgrip-cap, cheekpiece and ventilated recoil-pad, sling-swivels, lever-latch forend (wood cracked), the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away enamelled moon-sight
Weight: 12lb. 1oz., 14¾in. pull, 26in. barrels, nitro proof

Lot Essay

The rifle was completed in 1907 for H.H. Prince Youssouf Kemal, a member of the Egyptian ruling family and was the No.1 of a pair of .577 hammer ejector rifles made, each of which was sighted for 30, 80 and 120 yards and equipped with enamel-tipped foresights, with several spares. The specification requested that they be 'as light as possible...well balanced...rather butt-heavy'. Hammer ejector shotguns are rare; hammer ejector rifles exceedingly so
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