As an extreme case in point, I wonder how many Holland & Holland .400's have even been made by H&H itself? One per year? Plus or minus. I wonder.
I don't know the answer to that question but I do know a little about their 700 Nitro.
I was attending an English Game Fair, in a quaint little place called Nuttsford back in 1992.
I visited the Holland and Holland tent and was drooling over a 700 H&H double rifle stamped num 5, which they had just finished.
Fast forward to 2012 and I was at the H&H stand at the SCI show in Vegas and retold my story to a salesman. He then informed me they have just finished building num 13. That's 8 rifles in 20 years.
Cheers Malcolm