Hellis, to my knowledge was always a London based gunmaker (21 Shrewsbury Road, Westbourne Park, London) And Hollis was not an "obscure" maker, but a prolific maker. Tier 4? Hollis could make anything you wanted...as long as you had the coin. I've seen some guns by Hollis that could easily be called "Best" guns, true they made many more "colonial" or "farmer" grade guns, but they most definatly had the resources and skills to make extremely high quality guns.

Dustin