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today I saw a Holland and Holland sidelock, made around 1890. The barrels are dovetail lump, steel, bear post 1954 proof marks. I am guessing they are replacement barrels. The address on the brrels is 13 Bruton Street.

On the flats, near the chamber end of the right barrel there is a well formed stamp about 1/16 inch high stating LP 75.

Could this be the stamp of the barrel maker? Something else? I have seen many Hollands over the years but never saw a similar stamp before.

This is the date stamp of the reproof at the London Proof house (LP) in 1975 (75).

http://www.shotguns.se/html/uk.html

Date marks

London

The initial London date stamp from 1972 also included the letter �H�, but that was dropped and after that it has only the letters �LP�



The millenium was stamped as �MM�.

Thanks Toby and Skeettx. Now we know this Holland was rebarreled in 1975. A comparative youngster in terms of barrels.

Also figured out that all the Hollands I handled in the past were pre 1972. Lucky me!