Lot 97
97
THE SHAW & HUNTER TROPHY PRIZE A .375 (H. & H. MAGNUM FLANGED) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 32146
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE RIFLES OF JOHN KINGSLEY-HEATH,ESQ John Kingsley-Heath was educated at Monkton Combe School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Welsh Guards, saw service abroad and joined the Colonial Administration in East Africa. His passionate interest in wildlife and travel led him to hunt extensively in nearly all the countries of the African Continent. He was an Honorary Game Warden and Park Warden in several countries and played a major part in opening Botswana to tourism. He accompanied many famous people on safari and was a director of Ker & Downey Safaris and Safari South. He was closely involved in securing some of the extraordinary photography in the films 'Hatari' and 'Sammy Going South'. Recently an Assistant Director of National Parks in Uganda and still a safari guide, he has been a licensed professional hunter for 45 years and a bush pilot for 30 with some 5,000 flying hours.
THE SHAW & HUNTER TROPHY PRIZE A .375 (H. & H. MAGNUM FLANGED) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 32146

Details
THE SHAW & HUNTER TROPHY PRIZE
A .375 (H. & H. MAGNUM FLANGED) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS 'ROYAL' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, NO. 32146
The treble-grip action-body with ornate serpentine side-bolsters, manual safety, the hand-detachable lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, articulated front trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, best engraving of bold foliate-scrollwork, with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured replacement stock and forend-wood, the stock with pistolgrip, engraved pistolgrip-cap (with trap), cheek-piece and recoil-pad, beavertail forend, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and detachable protector
Weight 10lb. 5½oz., 14¾in. pull, 26in. barrels, nitro proof
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The interior of the case lid with a presentation plaque and the following inscription:-
'Presented To John Kingsley-Heath Esq. On The Occasion Of His Winning The Shaw & Hunter Trophy On May 22nd 1957 By Sydney P. Downey Esq. Kerr & Downey Safaris Ltd. P.O. Box 1822.
Nairobi. Kenya. East Africa'

The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1930. The Shaw & Hunter Trophy was presented annually by the East African Professional Hunter's Association from 1955 to 1976 to the Professional Hunter who obtained in any year what was adjudged to be the finest trophy taken by a client

More from EXCEPTIONAL SPORTING GUNS AND VINTAGE FIREARMS

View All
View All