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Gorgeous Pair of Factory Phil Coggan Signed and Master Game Scene Bulino Engraved
Holland & Holland Royal De Luxe Assisted-Opening Sidelock Double Barrel Ejector
Shotguns with Case from the Collection of Racing Legend Nigel Ernest James Mansell
-A) Holland & Holland Royal De Luxe Shotgun - Serial no. 40974, 12 gauge, 28 inch solid rib
bbl., blue/brushed bright finish, walnut stock. Holland & Holland has a long history building guns
for influential and important people, with this pair, proofed in London in 1988, constituting a
true pair built for legendary Formula One driver Nigel Ernest James Mansell. Mansell is one of
the most successful Formula One drivers of all time, racing for Lotus, Williams, Ferrari, and back
to Williams at which time he won the 1992 Formula One World Championship and also claimed
the 1993 CART Indy Car World Championship title. To this day Mansell remains the only driver
to simultaneously hold both of these illustrious titles. Mansell retired from Formula One in 1995
and has been named to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, The Motorsports Hall of
Fame (U.S.A.), the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, as well as a Commander of the Order of the
British Empire, to this day, remaining a household name to racing fans around the world.
Each gun in the pair was built with blued steel chopperlump barrels featuring a single nickel
bead sight on the smooth concave solid rib which is engraved “Royal de Luxe” ahead of a flourish
of scroll engraving surrounding a gold inlaid “1” or “2” and a single band of light scroll engraving
at the breech. The barrels are signed “HOLLAND & HOLLAND” and 33. BRUTON STREET, LONDON.”
on the right and left tubes respectively, show an import mark on the underside beneath the
forend, and bear London proof marks on the flats indicating 2 3/4 inch chambers which are
equipped with automatic ejectors.
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