Lot 37
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE(2¾IN) 'SUPREME DE-LUXE' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY A.A. BROWN, No. 79689/90, Holland & Holland system self-opening action, hand-detachable locks, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides of the action-bodies with game-scene vignettes, signed 'WAL. HOWE', bright cyanide-hardened finish overall, gold-washed lockwork with engraved bridles, gold-washed self-opening compressors, ejector work, disc-set strikers and ejector-cones, well-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with filed Churchill-style ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends

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A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE(2¾IN) 'SUPREME DE-LUXE' SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY A.A. BROWN, No. 79689/90, Holland & Holland system self-opening action, hand-detachable locks, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, the undersides of the action-bodies with game-scene vignettes, signed 'WAL. HOWE', bright cyanide-hardened finish overall, gold-washed lockwork with engraved bridles, gold-washed self-opening compressors, ejector work, disc-set strikers and ejector-cones, well-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with filed Churchill-style ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 4oz., 14 7/8in. stocks, 26in. barrels, both approx.¼ & 5/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather case

Lot Essay

The guns were completed circa 1981 and appear to be virtually unused.

The makers were recently the subject of a multi-page article in The Double Gun Journal, Spring 1993.

The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import

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