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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1894 and that they were rebarrelled by them in
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 16057/8
The fences engraved with a stylized shell motif, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides of the action-bodies with grotesque heads, brushed and reblued finish, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, rebarrelled by Holland & Holland, with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11oz. (No. 2), 15in. pulls, 28in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather case
The fences engraved with a stylized shell motif, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides of the action-bodies with grotesque heads, brushed and reblued finish, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, rebarrelled by Holland & Holland, with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11oz. (No. 2), 15in. pulls, 28in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather case