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A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295 In a Holland & Holland leather case image 1
A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295 In a Holland & Holland leather case image 2
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A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295
In a Holland & Holland leather case

1 December 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £26,400 inc. premium

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A composed pair of 12-bore 'Royal Brevis' self-opening sidelock ejector guns by Holland & Holland, no. 33492/295

The toplevers, ribs and forends numbered in reverse order '1' and '2' in gold, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, hand-detachable lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge trigger-guards, well-figured replacement stocks (cast-on), the chopper-lump barrels, engraved Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London, with self-opening compressors and game-ribs engraved "Royal Brevis"
Weight 6lb. 7¾oz., 13¼in. stocks, 28in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a Holland & Holland leather case

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that gun no. 33492 was completed in 1946, and gun no. 33295 was completed in 1938 as the pair to 33294. They were later composed as a pair by the makers and resold by them in 1970

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