Originally Posted By: Lloyd3
They may say "Hellis" or "Lang" or even "Jeffrey" but most all the 2-inch boxlock guns were made by Skimin & Wood in the early 1930s. The only ones I've seen that weren't were both Holland & Holland sidelocks. One was even a Dominion model (very cool!).


Hi Lloyd,

Skimin didn't make them all. I have two 2" boxlocks by Arthur Howell, one is marked "Henry Monk" and the other "W. Hodgson". The barrels are stamped "J.A." which I believe indicates that the barrels & actions were machined by Joseph Asbury.