Lot 436S1
A .30(H&H Super Rimless) bolt-magazine rifle by Holland & Holland, no. 1422 In its full-length canvas case with accessories together with a Holland & Holland canvas and leather slip, a further leather slip and a leather telescope case impressed W.H.D.A. 30 Bore, No. 1422 with sling
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,625 inc. premium
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A .30(H&H Super Rimless) bolt-magazine rifle by Holland & Holland, no. 1422
Gold-inlaid flag-safety, the cocking-piece with peep-sight, the action with thumb-recess and charger-guide, matt-top receiver-ring, recoil-blocks, hinged magazine-floorplate engraved 4 Cartridges, sling-swivels, the well-figured stock with pistolgrip, colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap with trap, cheek-piece and chequered steel butt-plate with trap, the barrel engraved Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London with open-sights engraved 50 & 200 and 300 & 400 yards and ramp-mounted folding bead/blade foresight with protector, the receiver mounted with a Carl Zeiss G.Z.4x telescope-sight No. 47060 engraved Holland & Holland, 1422 in quickly-detachable see-through mounts
Weight 9lb. 14oz. (including 'scope), 14¾in. pull (14½in. stock), 26in. barrel, London nitro proof
In its full-length canvas case with accessories together with a Holland & Holland canvas and leather slip, a further leather slip and a leather telescope case impressed W.H.D.A. 30 Bore, No. 1422 with sling
Weight 9lb. 14oz. (including 'scope), 14¾in. pull (14½in. stock), 26in. barrel, London nitro proof
In its full-length canvas case with accessories together with a Holland & Holland canvas and leather slip, a further leather slip and a leather telescope case impressed W.H.D.A. 30 Bore, No. 1422 with sling
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1935 for a Mr. Preece
The rifle later came into the possession of Sir William Acland and thence by descent
Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet M.C., A.F.C., T.D., J.P., D.L. 1888 – 1970 was educated at Eton and Christchurch Oxford before fighting in WWI during which he served with both the Royal Artillery and the Royal Flying Corps for which he earned mention in dispatches, the Military Cross and the Air Force Cross