doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Let's talk some more Hollenbeck

This Hollenbeck is really a unique gun w/the inscription and details/engraving. To Harry�s point on the Elk engraving I agree but if you look at a number of guns from that era both the deer/elk and birds are not of the most �life like� style. I have owned Grade 4 Ithacas that have had similar style engraving. With so few Hollenbeck doubles made to find a C Grade w/ejectors in that condition is pretty cool!

I find the two very distinct styles of scroll engraving on the gun to be marvelous. Wonder if two different engravers worked on the gun?

Here are some pictures of other C-Grades that Tom Archer sent me and one I had on file --









None of these guns are as nicely engraved as No. 117 the gun that is the subject of this thread.

Many thanks David. There's such an obvious difference between the guns in these pics you've posted and our subject gun #117; that I would've bet the farm #117 was a higher grade gun had it not been so obviously grade stamped "C".