Sale 5444
London
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19 July 1995
Price realised
GBP 920
Estimate
AN 8-BORE (3¼IN) D.B. HAMMER SHOT-AND-BULLET GUN BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 8478, Jones patent rotary-underlever, treble-grip action-body with rebounding backlocks, dolphin hammers and percussion fences, elongated top-strap, border engraving, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, the browned fine damascus smooth-bore barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights and bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight Weight 12lb. 2oz., 14 3/8in. pull, 25in. barrels, both cyl., 3¼in. chambers, nitro reproof
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Holland & Holland have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1885 as a 10-bore hammer rifle. It was converted to 8-bore and nitro-proved in 1992
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Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife