Lot 32
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN INCOMPLETE PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 30625/6 (No. 2 without barrels), Boss patent single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, hand-detachable locks, best engraving of bold foliate-scrolls, well- figured stocks with extensions, the chopper-lump barrels with sunken game-rib

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AN INCOMPLETE PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'ROYAL SELF-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY HOLLAND & HOLLAND, No. 30625/6 (No. 2 without barrels), Boss patent single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, hand-detachable locks, best engraving of bold foliate-scrolls, well- figured stocks with extensions, the chopper-lump barrels with sunken game-rib
14¼in. pulls: No. 1 only; weight 6lb. 9oz., 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their oak and leather case
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The guns were completed circa 1923, shortly after the advent of the Holland & Holland self-opening patent in 1922. The guns were formerly double-trigger, but have since been converted to Boss patent single-triggers

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