For Sale Beautiful & Rare Pre-WWI Holland & Holland .375 H&H Magnum Takedown Magnum Square Bridge Mauser

[vette447]

Up for sale is a very rare and early “Best Quality” .375 Holland & Holland barreled action takedown Mauser rifle. This rifle is very rare in that it is a Pre-WWI (circa 1913-1914) Holland & Holland rifle built on a Magnum Square Bridge Action. The .375 H&H Magnum was invented in 1912 making this a very early example. It is also quite rare and desirable to find these on a magnum action. This rifle features a 24” barrel with sling eye on the barrel. It has gold bead front sight and matted quarter rib containing two folding leaf express sights with platinum lines set for 50/200 and 300 yards respectively. The barrel is marked with cordite proofs for 300 gr max bullet and 56 grains cordite (.375 H&H Belted Rimless Magnum) and is engraved “Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London”. Just forward of the front receiver ring, it is engraved “Holland’s Patent Cartridge” and “.375 Magnum”. The magnum bottom metal features a hinged floorplate with release inside the trigger guard. The SN, 28195, is engraved on the floorplate as well at “195” on the bolt handle. The Mauser SN is 55717 (circa 1912) with numbers matching throughout. Being an early “Best Quality” rifle, this one features hand engraved engraved screw heads and case colored trap door grip cap. The square bridge Mauser action features hand stippled and border engraved front ring and rear bridge. The stock featured nicely figured wood grain with cheekpiece and buffalo horn forend tip finished in the beautiful Holland & Holland red English oil finish.

The rifle weighs 8.5 lbs and has a LOP of 13-3/4” to the end of the leather covered pad.

The condition of this rifle is superb overall. All markings are crisp and the wood is beautiful save for a small hairline crack just under the right side of the bolt handle that doesn’t detract from the rifle overall.

Price is $22,500 plus actual shipping to your FFL

 

[Luvthunt]

Wow, very nice. GLWS

 

[DishaK]

Really hard not to admire those elephant leg stools too!

 

[mark-hunter]

Pure elegance, rarely seen in modern rifle!

 

[Aaron N]

She’s a beaut!

 

[D.M.]

Beautiful. The lines of this rifle are superb. Good luck!

 

[degoins]

How does it take down, by backing out the action screws?

 

[Wheels]

Beautiful rifle!

 

[vette447]

How does it take down, by backing out the action screws?

Good question. This uses Holland's most prominent style of takedown system. Some call it a take-apart.

1. It has a large captive screw in front of the magazine in the bottom metal that can be loosened with something like a coin or screw driver.
2. Then the barreled action tilts out of the stock while the bottom metal stays captive within the stock.
3. The rear tang is machined such that the portion with the action mates up to a corresponding section that is captive in the buttstock along with the bottom metal. This holds the action securely to the stock from the rear when assembled.

The whole operation is very simple and easy and no special tool is required other than a slender coin or screw driver (if available).

Many hunters preferred this type of takedown, accuracy-wise, as the barrel stays properly torqued and headspaced to the receiver as opposed to a screw apart where the barrel is removed from the receiver when taken down.

I will try to show some pics to illustrate:

Large captive coin slot screw that is loosened:

Rear tang section machined to mate to corresponding piece captive in the buttstock when the barreled action is tilted out:

Voila! Taken down for storage or transport. Nice and neat:

 

[woodsman1991]

Gorgeous piece of working history there.

 

[PCC600]

Absolutely magnificent.

 

[93marlin]

Beautiful, magnificent, extraordinary, elegant, exceptional...
There are not enough adjectives to describe this rifle.

 

[Esoteric Junkie]

Vette447,
Beautiful Holland magazine rifle. The only thing cooler would be a 600 Jeffrey with a period correct Jeffrey oak and leather case with a Calcutta address .

EJ

 

[pjaln]

very nice even better with the SSB and original bottom metal ,,,not the alloy bottom metal

 

[flatwater bill]

Anything known about the rifle's history? Where and by whom it was used? Looks like a gentleman's piece that got used on a safari or two, but not beaten around as a working gun would have been. Lovely thing to look at..................FWB

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

This is a dream rifle for most .... GLWS

 

[Certus]

Just needs someone to D&T it and put a 1-4x on to make it perfect.


Kidding.

 

[Altitude sickness]

^^^ also Certus, Cut the barrel down to 22” and grind down the magazine release down . To reduce errant magazine releases

 

[AZDAVE]

Very nice, there is some history with that rifle.

 

[rigbymauser]

If there ever was one .375H&H to own it must be it.