*EXQUISITE .410 HOLLOWAY & NAUGHTON BEESLEY PATENT SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME GUN ENGRAVED BY G. PEDRETTI WITH CASE.

*EXQUISITE .410 HOLLOWAY & NAUGHTON BEESLEY PATENT SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME GUN ENGRAVED BY G. PEDRETTI WITH CASE. SN 410-73. Cal. .410. 3″ Chambers. This beautifully made and appointed wand has 28″ chopper lump bbls, engraved “Holloway & Naughton England” on narrow game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with 1988 London nitro proofs. SNs are on bottoms of bbls. Delicate, scaled down, Beesley patent, round bodied action is coin finished. It features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold), bushed strikers, gold line tumbler end cocking indicators, and Beesley’s patent spring cocking/ self-opening action of Purdey fame. This beautifully filed action is engraved with exceptional small tight scroll. Bottom of action and sidelocks are Bulino engraved in realistic depictions of bobwhite quail being hunted by English pointer in open southwestern terrain with cactus in foreground and scrub hedgerows in background. Pointer is on point with trio of quail in foreground on left lockplate. Covey is rising on bottom of action, and bird is being retrieved on right lockplate. These scenes are truly exceptional, and extend to edges of lockplates in Kell style. Noted master engraver, Giancarlo Pedretti’s signature appears on trigger plate and at rear of right lockplate. Stunning intricately marbled and nicely fiddle figured Circassian walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-7/8″ over checkered wood butt, and features standard point pattern checkering with mullered borders and Purdey style drop points. Matching splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter at muzzles: left -.393, right -.398. Wall thickness: left -.43, right -.041. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-11/32″. Weight: 5 lbs. 7 oz, LOP 14-7/8″. Makers toe under leather case with stitched leather corners is lined with scarlet cloth and has gold embossed black leather makers label, and contains 3 ivoroid handled H & N marked turnscrews, round nickel-plated oil bottle, snap caps, and very fine brass and ebony 2-pc cleaning rod with mop, brush, and jag, and the key. CONDITION: Excellent, near new, showing only a few scattered minor marks in wood. Bores are excellent, Ejectors are somewhat out of time. Case leather is excellent, with a few marks and scuffs. Interior cloth and accessories are excellent, near new. 4-46118 MGM81 (80,000-120,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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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	2384	$0.00	EXQUISITE .410 HOLLOWAY & NAUGHTON BEESLEY PATENT SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GAME GUN ENGRAVED BY G. PEDRETTI WITH CASE. SN 410-73. Cal. .410. 3″ Chambers. This beautifully made and appointed wand has 28″ chopper lump bbls, engraved “Holloway & Naughton England” on narrow game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with 1988 London nitro proofs. SNs are on bottoms of bbls. Delicate, scaled down, Beesley patent, round bodied action is coin finished. It features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold), bushed strikers, gold line tumbler end cocking indicators, and Beesley’s patent spring cocking/ self-opening action of Purdey fame. This beautifully filed action is engraved with exceptional small tight scroll. Bottom of action and sidelocks are Bulino engraved in realistic depictions of bobwhite quail being hunted by English pointer in open southwestern terrain with cactus in foreground and scrub hedgerows in background. Pointer is on point with trio of quail in foreground on left lockplate. Covey is rising on bottom of action, and bird is being retrieved on right lockplate. These scenes are truly exceptional, and extend to edges of lockplates in Kell style. Noted master engraver, Giancarlo Pedretti’s signature appears on trigger plate and at rear of right lockplate. Stunning intricately marbled and nicely fiddle figured Circassian walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-7/8″ over checkered wood butt, and features standard point pattern checkering with mullered borders and Purdey style drop points. Matching splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter at muzzles: left -.393, right -.398. Wall thickness: left -.43, right -.041. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-11/32″. Weight: 5 lbs. 7 oz, LOP 14-7/8″. Makers toe under leather case with stitched leather corners is lined with scarlet cloth and has gold embossed black leather makers label, and contains 3 ivoroid handled H & N marked turnscrews, round nickel-plated oil bottle, snap caps, and very fine brass and ebony 2-pc cleaning rod with mop, brush, and jag, and the key. CONDITION: Excellent, near new, showing only a few scattered minor marks in wood. Bores are excellent, Ejectors are somewhat out of time. Case leather is excellent, with a few marks and scuffs. Interior cloth and accessories are excellent, near new. 4-46118 MGM81 (80,000-120,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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