Lot Essay
The rifle was completed circa 1948 as a .30 Super and it has since been converted to .300 (H & H Magnum Rimless). It appears to have been very little used
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A FINE .300 (H & H MAGNUM RIMLESS) D.B. HAMMERLESS 'MODELE DE LUXE' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 35116, bolstered treble-grip action, automatic safe, hand-detachable locks, articulated front trigger, best engraving of serpents and winged grotesques amid bold foliate-scrolls, the fences chiselled with griffons, with much hardening-colour, elongated top strap, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moonsight, the sight-rib mounted with a Zeiss Zielvier telescope in Holland & Holland quickly detachable claw mounts
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A FINE .300 (H & H MAGNUM RIMLESS) D.B. HAMMERLESS 'MODELE DE LUXE' SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 35116, bolstered treble-grip action, automatic safe, hand-detachable locks, articulated front trigger, best engraving of serpents and winged grotesques amid bold foliate-scrolls, the fences chiselled with griffons, with much hardening-colour, elongated top strap, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moonsight, the sight-rib mounted with a Zeiss Zielvier telescope in Holland & Holland quickly detachable claw mounts
Weight 9lb. 6½oz. (with telescope), 14in. pull, 25in. barrels, nitro proof
In its leather case with canvas cover
Weight 9lb. 6½oz. (with telescope), 14in. pull, 25in. barrels, nitro proof
In its leather case with canvas cover