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*BEST QUALITY*MINT BORE*HOLLAND & HOLLAND*98 New Bond Street London .300 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Underlever Break Action Rook Rifle. Sn 23873 - 23873 In 1870 Holland & Holland did not exist. In fact, it would be six years before the firm’s founder, Harris Holland, was to take in his nephew Henry and create the iconic brand which now graces London’s Bruton Street. Harris Holland was a was a good shot with both rifle and shotgun, regularly competing in live-pigeon competitions at Hornsey Wood Tavern. He appears to have gained enough kudos among fellow shooters for them to start asking him to get them guns and rifles like the ones he used so successfully himself. Seeing a clear business opportunity, Harris ordered guns made to his specification. 98 New Bond Street London was Harris Holland’s address from 1858. His nephew Henry Holland joined him in 1876, when Holland & Holland became the company title. This is a superb, circa 1900 Break action Rook Rifle in Obsolete .300 calibre. It has a 28" octagonal barrel. The barrel has a near mint, clean bore with sharp rifling and the rifle measures 44" overall. It's under lever break action works firmly. It has a nicely figured original walnut wood stock with chequered panel straight hand grip and fore end. It has a blade foresight and flip up 3 tier rear sight graduated 50-100-150 (yards). It’s action, trigger guard and lever have foliate decoration. The stock has a steel butt plate. The action top barrel flat is signed by the distinguished manufacturer 'Holland & Holland 98 New Bond Street London'. The weapon’s cocking & firing action works crisply. The price for this excellent piece includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23873 £1,295.00 |
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C1900 English E & G Higham Ranelagh Street Liverpool .300 Centre Fire Obsolete Calibre Breech Loading Side Lever Break Action Single Shot Rook Rifle. Sn 23872 - 23872 E & G Higham of Ranelagh Street was a respected family-run English gunmaking business founded in Liverpool in 1795 by Edward and George Higham. They operated across the North West of England and the Welsh Marches for over a century before the Liverpool branch was absorbed by W.C. Carswell between 1917 and 1920. This rook rifle by E&G Higham has a blued 26” Octagonal rifled barrel. The bore is clean with well defined rifling. The trigger guard tang is numbered 4319. It has an external hammer, blade foresight, and 3 tier rear sight with silvered aiming lines. Two barrel flats are signed ‘E & G Higham’ & the other ‘Ranelagh Street Liverpool’. The rifle has all original undamaged walnut stock with chequered panel pistol grip and chequered fore end with polished horn fore end cap. It has an undamaged chequered polished horn butt plate and polished horn pistol grip cap. The loading and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre Rook rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23872 £995.00 |
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Victorian C1840’s English 'J. Barnes Maker, West Derby, No.79' 16 Bore Double Damascus Barrelled Muzzle Loading Percussion Sporting Hammer Shotgun. Sn 23848 - 23848 This is a very good double barrel percussion sporting shotgun. It has 28” Damascus steel barrels set side by side with central rib with bead foresight and measures 44” overall. The rib is very faintly engraved 'J. Barnes Maker, West Derby, No.79' (the rib lettering is illustrated in image 2 but is very faint and barely discernible. We cannot find a British gunmaker named Barnes with a West Derby address in the flintlock or percussion era in our books or online. It is most likely a retailer name). The barrel’s smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age & use. It has its original walnut straight hand stock with chequered grip panels & inlaid white metal void escutcheon on top of the wrist. The fore stock has some small old stable chips along the top edge consistent with age and use which can be seen in image 2. It’s back action locks are engraved with game birds and scrollwork. The top of the action between the hammers have gold lines. The shotgun has its wood ramrod with brass cap and tip which unscrews to reveal a steel worm. The weapon cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB. As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23848 £475.00 |
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