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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1912
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A 12-BORE 'MODELE DE LUXE' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 27004
The fences carved with mythological figures, the action-body and lockplates engraved with grotesque and mythological figures amid bold foliate-scrollwork, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, boldly-figured stock, the chopper-lump barrels with game-rib and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 145/8in. stock, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
The fences carved with mythological figures, the action-body and lockplates engraved with grotesque and mythological figures amid bold foliate-scrollwork, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, boldly-figured stock, the chopper-lump barrels with game-rib and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 145/8in. stock, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)