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I Hollis & Sons hammer gun #70033 12/06/07 06:28 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Hounds Tooth OP Boxlock
OP Hounds Tooth Boxlock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	I have a I Hollis & Sons hammer gun a fella gave me years ago. It is almost totally engraved. It has 34" barrels, marked Fine laminated steel club gun choke bore. There is the number 8534 engraved on the trigger guard wrist area. Barrels are browned. This thing has wear, but no damage. Locks, and triggers are tight. Even with 34" barrels, it has wonderful balance. Anybody have an ideas as to the history and value of such an animal? Briley wanted $3500.00 to restore it.

Re: I Hollis & Sons hammer gun Hounds Tooth #70036 12/06/07 07:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,814 Likes: 1 Great State of Kansas Last Dollar Sidelock
Last Dollar Sidelock Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,814 Likes: 1 Great State of Kansas	It sounds as if you ought to leave it alone in that condition? Why mess it up with a "restoration"?

Re: I Hollis & Sons hammer gun Last Dollar #70040 12/06/07 07:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,577 Likes: 88 Alaska Mike Harrell Sidelock
Mike Harrell Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,577 Likes: 88 Alaska	HT most Hollis's that I have seen, and I've seen some very nice ones weren't worth much more than $3500 in restored condition. Hammerguns are usually worth even less. They are usually nicely made guns. Last edited by Mike Harrell; 12/06/07 11:12 AM.

Re: I Hollis & Sons hammer gun Mike Harrell #70117 12/06/07 02:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,954 Likes: 12 Rocketman Sidelock
Rocketman Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,954 Likes: 12	Restoration is usually applied to guns that can no longer be safely shot or that have some special value. This sounds like a shooter. How worn is it? 12 gauge? 34" barrels sounds like a fowler, trap, or pigeon gun. "Gun club" sounds like a trap gun. Can you weight it? How many inches forward of the front trigger does it balance teeter-totter fashion? Photos?

Re: I Hollis & Sons hammer gun Rocketman #70320 12/07/07 05:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Hounds Tooth OP Boxlock
OP Hounds Tooth Boxlock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	Well, the scenes on the side plates show a dog flushing a large bird. It balances about 8" from the center of the dt's. It weighs approx. 8lbs. It would be great as a duck gun or for driven pheasant. There is some pitting of the bores, but they look decently polished. The hammers are the rebounding type. They don't have a half cock position, but I can pull both hammers to full cock with my thumb with no problem. I don't know if I would ever shoot it. I'd have to have someone who knows what their looking at to tell me it was safe, and what to load for it.

Re: I Hollis & Sons hammer gun Hounds Tooth #70371 12/07/07 10:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 123 Oregon CParker Sidelock
CParker Sidelock Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 123 Oregon	I have an old I Hollis muzzle loader that's been in the family a long time. Unfortunately some relative restocked the thing with Chestnut. But the barrels are nice damascus and and the inscription on the rib reads "Old Nail Stub" which I love. http://www.flickr.com/photos/62422934@N00/2094690192/

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