Originally Posted by JBG
What a beautiful rifle.

If I owned it I would send it back to Holland and have barrels made for it exactly as it was originally made. I was fortunate to have owned a similar Royal in 500/450 made in 1906 for Lord Clifton. My 500/450 as well as this one were both regulated for the 365gr bullet. I always thought that odd since the primary 500/450 bullet weight was 480grs.
I called Holland and Holland and current cost for Holland and Holland to make a set of replacement barrels is over $40,000 pounds ($52,500 U.S. dollars).... and more than a 2 year wait. Current value for a near identical used gun is less than $45,000 dollars.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...nd-royal-500-450-ne.cfm?gun_id=103466892