Details of Lot 156
HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A 12-BORE "ROYAL" MODEL SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN, NO. 31756, A TWO BARREL SET

the original 26 1/2-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers about improved cylinder and 3/8 choke borings, the additional 28-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, self-opening mechanism, the frame, hand detachable locks and gold numbered top lever with acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within an arched panel, gold lined cocking indicators, rolled edge trigger guard, 14 3/4-inch highly figured stock with ribbed ebonite heel plate, 6lb. 5oz., nitro proof, the original barrels with wall thickness below the recommended minimum, in its maker's lightweight leather case
S2

The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1927 as the No.2 gun of a pair. The additional barrels by another are of the best London quality and were fitted in 1983.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Pulbourgh, West Sussex
6 September 2021
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply