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I recently read an article in an older Double Gun a Journal (Spring1999) about guns made by Baltimore Arms Co. The guns in the article, as usual, are exceptional. I did a search regarding the availability of these guns and there does does seem to be allot of information. I am thinking that these may not have been high production guns. I am certainly impressed with the checkering on the guns. The article explained allot of history regarding the guns but I'm wondering , if one is interested, are there guns available for sale.
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A few come up for sale fairly often for no more than were made. I have seen both 12 and 16's, mostly in the lower A grade. There are two A grade and one B grade for sale on GunBroker right now. The action design is not the strongest so proper loads only should be used. The B grade have light engraving but the few higher grades I have seen were not to be passed up if you can find them.
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Thank you for your reply! Do the members of this forum consider a gun, particularly the trap gun to be a "rare" gun?
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I wrote the article in The Double Gun Journal, it was a two-part in two different issues. Observed serial numbers run from around 1000 to a bit over 7000. There were lots of parts and guns in-work sold at the time of the receivership in 1904. In the 1900 Model the A- and B-Grades were essentially the same plain guns, just the A-Grade had twist barrels and the B-Grade Damascus barrels. When the 1902 Model came along the B-Grade got a bit of line engraving and they added the 16-gauges to the offerings, the Trap Gun and the D-Grade. To date only two of the Trap Guns have surfaced, the one I showed in my article and the one pictured in McIntosh's Fox book. They are consecutive serial numbers in the 318x range. I've recorded more D-Grades!! Both of the Trap Guns are restocked, mine better than the other and I have the remains of the original stock.
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Weren't they another Hollenbeck design as well?
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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Yes. The Baltimore Arms Co. double was a Frank A. Hollenbeck design. When Ansley H. Fox left his Fox Gun Co., Balto., MD., U.S.A., in early 1900 to become a professional shooter for the Big W, four of his former partners and one other incorporated Baltimore Arms Co. and began manufacturing the Hollenbeck designed gun.
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Researcher,
Thanks for this history (again).... I cannot keep this timeline involving Ansley straight.
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