*CASED HOLLAND & HOLLAND BADMINTON PIGEON GUN NO. 2 MODEL DBL BBL SHOTGUN.

*CASED HOLLAND & HOLLAND BADMINTON PIGEON GUN NO. 2 MODEL DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 31320. Beautiful English dbl with 30” bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered, concave, matted rib, sgl bead, ejectors, dbl under bites & third fastener. Right bbl has maker’s name & left bbl the address. Mounted with very highly figured, streaky, Circassian walnut with checkered splinter forearm & straight stock with raised teardrop side panels, a diamond shaped wrist, 14-3/8” over a smooth, solid rubber pad. Bottom of stock has a silver initial plate engraved “J.R.K.” Receiver has hand detachable sidelocks with dbl triggers & raised ridge behind scalloped fences. It has maker’s name on each side. Receiver, lockplates & appended metal are beautifully engraved in light foliate arabesque patterns. Accompanied by its orig brown leather, red felt lined, trunk case, compartmented for shotgun with two Holland & Holland snap caps, a rnd pewter H&H oil bottle, an H&H turn screw, a leather pouch with pull through, a pair of tweezers & cleaning bits. Inside lid has the orig maker’s label in center with cleaning & lubrication instructions in upper left hand corner and specification label & instructions in upper right hand corner. It also has a 2-pc brass & ebony cleaning rod. Lid is embossed “J.R.K.” Also accompanied by a letter from Holland & Holland fully identifying this shotgun & indicating manufacture in 1929. Consignor states that this shotgun is from the Keith Family of Woods Hole, Mass. Bore diameter: left – .730, right – .731. Bore restrictions: left – .045, right – .037. Wall thickness: left – .033, right – .031. Drop at heel: 2-1/8”, drop at comb: 1-3/8”. Weight: 7 lbs. 3.2 oz. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbls retain 97-98% strong, bright, orig, factory blue with receiver & lockplates retaining virtually all of their bright orig factory case colors, slightly faded on left side with a light area on right side with some thinning to silver on edges of reinforcing ribs. Trigger guard retains about all of its bright blue. There is a small area of fine pitting at top edges of standing breech. Stock has a tiny hairline back of each lockplate, otherwise wood is sound with a few minor nicks on buttstock & a scrape on forearm and retains virtually all of its orig factory oil finish. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bores. This is a shotgun that has seen very little use, just some moderately poor storage. Case has some mouse chewed edges & is dry with some light soil & paint spots, in need of treatment. Interior is musty & lightly mildewed, in need of cleaning. One strap is broken, the other is dry & handle is missing. 4-59137 JR336 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1713	$16,675.00	CASED HOLLAND & HOLLAND BADMINTON PIGEON GUN NO. 2 MODEL DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN 31320. Beautiful English dbl with 30” bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered, concave, matted rib, sgl bead, ejectors, dbl under bites & third fastener. Right bbl has maker’s name & left bbl the address. Mounted with very highly figured, streaky, Circassian walnut with checkered splinter forearm & straight stock with raised teardrop side panels, a diamond shaped wrist, 14-3/8” over a smooth, solid rubber pad. Bottom of stock has a silver initial plate engraved “J.R.K.” Receiver has hand detachable sidelocks with dbl triggers & raised ridge behind scalloped fences. It has maker’s name on each side. Receiver, lockplates & appended metal are beautifully engraved in light foliate arabesque patterns. Accompanied by its orig brown leather, red felt lined, trunk case, compartmented for shotgun with two Holland & Holland snap caps, a rnd pewter H&H oil bottle, an H&H turn screw, a leather pouch with pull through, a pair of tweezers & cleaning bits. Inside lid has the orig maker’s label in center with cleaning & lubrication instructions in upper left hand corner and specification label & instructions in upper right hand corner. It also has a 2-pc brass & ebony cleaning rod. Lid is embossed “J.R.K.” Also accompanied by a letter from Holland & Holland fully identifying this shotgun & indicating manufacture in 1929. Consignor states that this shotgun is from the Keith Family of Woods Hole, Mass. Bore diameter: left – .730, right – .731. Bore restrictions: left – .045, right – .037. Wall thickness: left – .033, right – .031. Drop at heel: 2-1/8”, drop at comb: 1-3/8”. Weight: 7 lbs. 3.2 oz. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbls retain 97-98% strong, bright, orig, factory blue with receiver & lockplates retaining virtually all of their bright orig factory case colors, slightly faded on left side with a light area on right side with some thinning to silver on edges of reinforcing ribs. Trigger guard retains about all of its bright blue. There is a small area of fine pitting at top edges of standing breech. Stock has a tiny hairline back of each lockplate, otherwise wood is sound with a few minor nicks on buttstock & a scrape on forearm and retains virtually all of its orig factory oil finish. Mechanics are fine, brilliant shiny bores. This is a shotgun that has seen very little use, just some moderately poor storage. Case has some mouse chewed edges & is dry with some light soil & paint spots, in need of treatment. Interior is musty & lightly mildewed, in need of cleaning. One strap is broken, the other is dry & handle is missing. 4-59137 JR336 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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