Aside from the poor quality 'restoration',,it's a bad example of what the name Holland & Holland would generally bring to most peoples mind.

The overall fit of the metal to metal is bad,,and you can't blame it all on re-CCH. Wood to metal fit is in the same zone in many places,,it is an H&H after all.

The engraving quality is fair at most. It doesn't even match from part to part in the scroll format.
The simple border as around the lock plates can be just that but it should be cut with precision just as well. Not a sloppy quick go around just to have something there.
The wedge of scroll on the bottom ahead of the trigger plate is way off center (Pic 61) the engraver tried to compensate for the right leaning pattern by adding a couple extra medium size scrolls to the pattern on the left side.

It all reminds me too much of a cheaper Birmingham gun or even a Belgian made gun.
The name changed and H&H added. Wouldn't be the first time that's happened.
Even Spanish guns have been made into 'real' H&H shotguns,,name, proofs and all of it.

The H&H name engraved on the lock plates isn't anything of quality lettering when view close up. A quick lettering job with tilted letters. A handy space in the pattern for it though.

The frame is not symetrical in shape in some areas. Most easily seen in the pic #29 where the top tang narrows right about at the point where the top lever ends. One side not nearly matching the other.
Maybe on a Belgian Beauty but I'd not expect it on a London.

The London proofs on the water table near the back by the standing breech. The proof marks themselves not quite looking like London strikes,,especially the Crown/GP.
The front end of the table clean of marks. But something appears in the blue streak on the right side in the pic72.
An old #, or marking?? or maybe a fuzz ball in the pic!

There was something, another mark or letter, under the 'S' in 'Tons' in pic #75. Two parallel bars nicely get hidden (almost) by the curves of the S.
Those bbl proofs look hokey to me anyway. There are lots of sets of Brit proof mark stamps around, just like everything else.

..But the firing pins are Gold Plated,,and the paper Label says what it is,,,so it must be a good one.

Just some things I see. Maybe I've just seen too much crap go on to believe anything is real anymore..


added,,The screws can be made right that's no problem. It's just standard work,, but did they have to tweak every last one of them

Last edited by Kutter; 11/01/18 11:54 AM. Reason: added