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    GROUSE SHOOTING ANYONE? THE SEASON SOON GETS UNDERWAY

    Thursday, August 11th, 2016

    A 12 bore Royal de Luxe sidelock ejector gun by Holland and Holland, produced for grouse shooting, comes up at Gavin Gardiner‘s sale of fine modern and vintage sporting guns and rifles at the Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire in Scotland on August 29, just two weeks into the grouse shooting season. Ordered in July 1972 and delivered in June 1976 the original cost was £2,050. The recently serviced gun now comes to market with an estimate of £14,000-18,000. The sale, which is now in its 49th year, includes over 200 lots by leading European gun makers.

    A 12 bore Royal de Luxe ejector gun by Holland and Holland (£14,000-18,000)

    A 12 bore Royal de Luxe ejector gun by Holland and Holland (£14,000-18,000)

    A pair of  12 bore round action ejector guns by Johh Dickson and Sons, 1902 (£10,000-15,000)

    A pair of 12 bore round action ejector guns by Johh Dickson and Sons, 1902 (£10,000-15,000)