I've never heard of a Holland Lump.

Most of the Shoe Lumps I've seen were used to convert percussion guns to centerfires.

I think the platform lump shown here is pretty much the same thing:

http://hallowellco.com/lumps.htm

Boss & H&H also used dovetails in their best periods. I have no idea why, but they did it.

OWD


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