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HOLLAND & HOLLAND
A FINE AND UNIQUE 6.5X57R SINGLE BARREL BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR SPORTING RIFLE, NO. 6048
24 5/8-inch octagonal barrel with machined rib, fixed rear and ramp fore sight, with claw mounts and mounted with a Zeiss Diavari VM 2.5-10x50 telescopic sight, the bolstered scroll backed frame with bold scroll engraving, set trigger, rolled edge trigger guard, 15-inch highly figured stock with pistol grip and cheekpiece, quick detachable swing swivels, horn-tipped pistol grip and fore-end, nitro proof, 9lb. 2oz.
The rifle was completed in 2006 and remains virtually unused. It was the prototype rifle and the maker confirms that it is the only example of its type to have been built. It was sold through the now closed Paris gunroom of Holland & Holland. |
Sold for £9200
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, New Bond Street |
| 15 December 2010 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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