I called in to Holland & Holland's after the Holt's auction in the hope of visiting their museum/collection.

Fortunately I met the gentleman who inspected my 8 bore ball gun and he was most helpful

Totally overawed by what I saw and handled

One of a pair of tusks (and cannon) at the entrance

This just blew me away

From the top

.577 BPE Hammer rifle
.577 Nitro sidelock rifle
8 bore Paradox
8 bore rifle
4 bore rifle, fully engraved for a Maharajah
8 and 10 bore Paradoxes

Even Curl would be a little green with these!

The 8 bore rifle, just beautiful

My biggest disappointment was the poor pics of this, the 4 bore rifle. 20/22 inch barrels, 22 lbs weight, just handling it was impressive, fully engraved, arguably the best rifle anywhere, although possibly not very practicable

Gold engraved rifle, not sure if 8 or 10 bore

One of the only pair of 10 bore rifles made by H&H

Gold inlaid but more modern .240

This falling block, possibly a Field's patent, in .450/400 with original scope

This was only a fraction of the rifles and shotguns on display, including one used to shoot down (or at least at) Zeppelins in WW1!

A pair if 18 inch barrelled coach guns in 16 bore

I could have stayed there all day!

A mere .600 Nitro express for sale in the main shop. I did not have the neck to ask the price!

I hope you can get a fraction of the pleasure I had viewing

Holland & Holland were most helpful and their attitude was completely different to other places I went

They have requested not to use the pics for commercial gain

TH44