Researcher:
What do those records say about Three Barrel Gun Co. #701?
Appears to be a Grade O gun in 12x12x32-40 with 28" Damascus barrels. Thanks in advance
Tom
#701, Grade 0, 12 x 12 x .32-40, 28-inch, Damascus, 7 pounds 14 ounces, 1/2 grip, 14-inch length-of-pull, 1 5/8 inch drop-at-comb, 2 5/8 inch drop-at-heel.
I was gifted, from a Florida collector, the copy of the ledger that Rudolf J. Kostelecky, Rudy's Gun Shop, Cantonment, Fla., had. Rudy had a lot of the remains of Hollenbeck/Three-Barrel/Royal Gun Co. and assembled and sold off some guns from the 50s into the 70s. According to the March 27, 1999, Amoskeag Auction Company catalog selling the Maurice Mudge Collection, he had the original. If Maurice is still with us he recently turned 85.
Dave