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A 12-BORE (2¾IN) OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY G. & S. HOLLOWAY, No. 19030, double side-grip with cross-bolt, hold-open toplever, full bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stock with recoil-pad, the forend with fillets on the barrels, the barrels with twin-lumps in parallel and filed elevated rib Weight 7lb. 15oz., 14¾in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
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A 12-BORE (2¾IN) OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY G. & S. HOLLOWAY, No. 19030, double side-grip with cross-bolt, hold-open toplever, full bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stock with recoil-pad, the forend with fillets on the barrels, the barrels with twin-lumps in parallel and filed elevated rib Weight 7lb. 15oz., 14¾in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
The gun was built circa 1934 for Thomas Hughes, who was captain of the Welsh clay-pigeon team for several years and it is believed to have been used by him when he won the King George V trophy at the White City in the 1930s
The gun was built circa 1934 for Thomas Hughes, who was captain of the Welsh clay-pigeon team for several years and it is believed to have been used by him when he won the King George V trophy at the White City in the 1930s