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LOT 3460
Rare Documented Holland & Holland 8 Bore No. 3 Back Action Sidelock Double Barrel Paradox Shot and Ball Gun with Case - Serial no. 15263, 8 Bore gauge, 26 inch solid rib bbl., blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. Accompanying this Paradox is a Norman R. Blank Collection typed note confirming the
According to authors David Baker and Roger Lake, only 69 or 70 Holland & Holland 8 bore
current configuration and that it was built in 1897. This gun is pictured and discussed on pages 195 and 196 of David Baker and Roger Lake’s “Paradox: The story of Col. G. V. Fosbery, Holland & Holland, and the Paradox” where it also states that only 69 or 70 8 bore Paradox
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AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK PARADOX: THE STORY OF COL. G.V. FOSBERY, HOLLAND & HOLLAND AND THE PARADOX BY BAKER & LAKE
Paradox guns were produced.
guns where built over a 24 year period.
Madewith blued steel barrels featuring a beaded blade front sight with a flip-up porcelain moon sight, a fixed 50 yard rear sight on the raised checkered quarter rib, “HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.” and “’PARADOX’ FOSBERY PATENT” signed
on the right and left tubes respectively, and London nitro re-proof marks on the flats which indicate the standard 3 1/2 inch chambers with an extractor. The barrels are mated to a back action which displays tasteful flourishes of floral scrollwork as well as “HOLLAND & HOLLAND” signatures on each lockplate and “CHARGE 8 TO 10 DRAMS/CASE 3 1/2 INCHES” marked
on the underside.