Originally Posted By: kdross
The gun was made sometime around 1898-1902.


Saw a Holland "Royal" .500/.450 3 1/4" Nitro Express built in 1901 not long ago. Still had the original dovetail lump barrels. Quite a few best double guns, shotguns and rifles both, still being built with dovetail lump at that time.


"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."