The friend of mine has found H&H Royal Ejector gun in UK. S/n 23355, circa 1903, #1 from pair. According to the story he's been told gun been rebarreled and got new stock in 1981 at H&H. The reason of the replacements was Bad Storage Conditions, but at the same time the gun is 100% case colored and got no engravings at all, just Plain Jane.
I've never heard about case colored plain Royal H&H and the price is very interesting - 15,000 UKPounds for the 100% condition Royal restored by H&H!
My thots are the following. The gun been ruined and later complitely re-done by someone, maybe by apprentices at H&H... Engravings been deleted and receiver re-case colored again. IMHO this is the only reason why the price are so low.
I didn't see photos yet. My friend is in Paris at the moment and the gun been delivered to Paris H&H Show Room and is waiting for my friend' final decision - seems they want to sell it very much.
What d'you think about it or probably someone heard about this Royal allready?
