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MotelAlpha
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Re: Inivisable rifling
14/02/13 11:36 PM

I started doing some research ,and found this post
Boothroyd's Directory of British Gunmakers lists:

A. Hollis & Sons, 28 Victoria, London (no date)
A. Hollis & Co, Mincing Lane, London (1897-1908)
Isaac Hollis & Sons, Birmingham
William & Christopher Hollis, Birmingham
William Hollis, Cheltenham

There is no listing for any Hollis on Minores, London but a Google search found these separate replies to similar queries:

"I traded correspondence about this maker with Boothroyd several times before he passed. Don't know when the style changed, but would like to know myself. Alfred B. is A. Hollis & Son, previously in the Minories, later in Victoria Street, successors to E. Hollis and W. & E. Hollis, established 1796. Royal warrant as gunmaker to HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. Also gunmaker to HE the Viceroy in the late 1880's. One or more outlets in India. Geoffrey was quite certain that Alfred's business wasn't connected to that of Isaac Hollis, and I agree."

(and):

"Alfred B. Hollis, the proprietor of A. Hollis & Co, came from the same gunmaking family as Isaac Hollis, the owner of the more well know I. Hollis concern.
While having his origins in the Birmingham gun trade, he was an inveterate traveler, and while in India in 1885 set up in Bombay as a gundealer.
Although he signed his guns “A. Hollis & Co – London”, it seems, despite being a trained gunmaker, he was merely a distributor and repairer during this phase, in the same manner of other India based firms such as Mantons, Lyon & Lyon, Rodda, P. Orr & Son, etc.
He counted among his customer the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the Duke of Connaught; there are some rifles around that carry the legend “Rifle Maker to the Duke of Connaught”
This reference as a “rifle maker” probably explains why A. Hollis shotguns are rarely encountered. Or alternatively, unlike rifles (excepting .303’s), shotguns have been a prohibited export from India for many years."

In my inquiry here and there I had a typo for the street name. It is Minories, not Minores.

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Inivisable rifling	TomN	02/02/13 09:23 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	DarylS	03/02/13 02:42 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	casper50	03/02/13 04:41 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	500Nitro	03/02/13 05:43 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	AkMike	03/02/13 05:53 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	casper50	03/02/13 06:29 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	Grenadier	03/02/13 07:21 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	TomN	03/02/13 08:53 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	DarylS	04/02/13 04:22 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	MotelAlpha	12/02/13 11:57 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	AkMike	12/02/13 12:12 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling	rigbymauser	13/02/13 03:36 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling	MotelAlpha	14/02/13 02:26 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling	MotelAlpha	14/02/13 02:41 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling	AkMike	14/02/13 04:55 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling	MotelAlpha	14/02/13 11:36 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	MotelAlpha	18/02/13 01:14 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	tinker	19/02/13 09:49 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	MotelAlpha	19/02/13 09:56 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	Birdhunter50	19/02/13 11:54 PM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	500Nitro	20/02/13 02:26 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	MotelAlpha	20/02/13 11:44 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	500Nitro	19/02/13 10:42 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	MotelAlpha	19/02/13 10:50 AM
Re: Invisable rifling photos	tinker	19/02/13 11:14 AM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	500Nitro	18/02/13 04:03 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	Sarg	18/02/13 05:36 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	casper50	18/02/13 06:08 PM
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Re: Inivisable rifling photos	MotelAlpha	18/02/13 11:34 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	500Nitro	18/02/13 11:42 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	500Nitro	18/02/13 11:47 PM
Re: Inivisable rifling photos	DarylS	19/02/13 03:22 AM
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