拍品專文
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1946. The guns appear to have been relatively little used
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A fine pair of lightweight 12-bore 'Royal Self-Opener' sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, No. 33480/1
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A fine pair of lightweight 12-bore 'Royal Self-Opener' sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, No. 33480/1
Hand-detachable lockplates, rolled-edge triggerguards, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 4½oz., 14¾in. stocks, 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather motor-case
Hand-detachable lockplates, rolled-edge triggerguards, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 4½oz., 14¾in. stocks, 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather motor-case