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I recently read an article in an older Double Gun a Journal (Spring1999) about guns made by Baltimore Arms Co. The guns in the article, as usual, are exceptional. I did a search regarding the availability of these guns and there does does seem to be allot of information. I am thinking that these may not have been high production guns. I am certainly impressed with the checkering on the guns. The article explained allot of history regarding the guns but I'm wondering , if one is interested, are there guns available for sale.

A few come up for sale fairly often for no more than were made. I have seen both 12 and 16's, mostly in the lower A grade. There are two A grade and one B grade for sale on GunBroker right now. The action design is not the strongest so proper loads only should be used. The B grade have light engraving but the few higher grades I have seen were not to be passed up if you can find them.

Thank you for your reply! Do the members of this forum consider a gun, particularly the trap gun to be a "rare" gun?

I wrote the article in The Double Gun Journal, it was a two-part in two different issues. Observed serial numbers run from around 1000 to a bit over 7000. There were lots of parts and guns in-work sold at the time of the receivership in 1904. In the 1900 Model the A- and B-Grades were essentially the same plain guns, just the A-Grade had twist barrels and the B-Grade Damascus barrels. When the 1902 Model came along the B-Grade got a bit of line engraving and they added the 16-gauges to the offerings, the Trap Gun and the D-Grade. To date only two of the Trap Guns have surfaced, the one I showed in my article and the one pictured in McIntosh's Fox book. They are consecutive serial numbers in the 318x range. I've recorded more D-Grades!! Both of the Trap Guns are restocked, mine better than the other and I have the remains of the original stock.

Weren't they another Hollenbeck design as well?

Yes. The Baltimore Arms Co. double was a Frank A. Hollenbeck design. When Ansley H. Fox left his Fox Gun Co., Balto., MD., U.S.A., in early 1900 to become a professional shooter for the Big W, four of his former partners and one other incorporated Baltimore Arms Co. and began manufacturing the Hollenbeck designed gun.

Here's an older Baltimore Arms thread, no doubt the one I was recalling the info from. It has some real nice pictures.

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=298518&page=1

Researcher,

Thanks for this history (again).... I cannot keep this timeline involving Ansley straight.

tjw