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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bicycle who wrote (19237)	5/21/2001 5:58:26 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I once read where the receivers on Holland and Holland doubles were all fitted and engraved before hardening. The heat tempering would ruin 1 in 4 of the receivers and weeks worth of work would be tossed. I have a friend who collects old military arms and has over 75 pre WWII rifles. He restores them and researches the history. I went to a gun store in the 70s where the $1,000 and under were in the main room. Then there were >$5,000, >$10,000, >15,000, >$20,000 and the room with GUNS WITH NO PRICES. Business was slow that day and I got to go to the GOOD room. I remember a matched pair of .270s made for the Shah of Iran and his wife. Also a side by side that had 3 sets of 12 ga barrels with different chokes, plus a 16 ga set, 20 ga set, 28 ga set and a .410 set. With all 7 sets of barrels the gold filled engraving matched the receiver. Not just matched but I had to look twice to see the receiver/barrel line. Wood and checkering you wouldn't believe. Guns can be works of art.