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I. Hollis Shotguns

Post by snIPer » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:49 pm

Does anyone have any I.Hollis shotgun - any user views / reviews will be good.

This is all I managed to get on them

The Hollis family had been in gunmaking since 1814, and I.
[ Isaac ] Hollis was one of the original Birmingham, England, Gun
Manufacturers to be awarded contracts for the M1853 Enfield.
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Post by shahid » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:30 pm

These guns are good. Not of a top gunmaker grade, but excellent Birmingham gun, nice action, good balance, mostly chambered 2 1/2 inch, a great field use and rough shooting gun without having to bother about scratches and handling on shoots.

Quite a few of them are there with shooters in Bihar, UP and I was quite satisfied with the handling and balance of the gun. Must have shot about two dozen cartridges from various I Hollis guns I borrowed and used in the past.

Today even this would change hands at Rs. 60,000 to 75,000, depending on the condition of course.

They made mostly boxlock guns with 30 inch barrels, but shorter barrels and a few sidelocks might also appear in India.

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Post by snIPer » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:29 am

Thanks Shahid
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Post by Mack The Knife » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:45 am

Saw this at the Shivajinagar gunshop? If so, take a very close look at it again.

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Post by snIPer » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:48 am

Nope not there. My friends dad recently picked up one so just wanted to know how the stuff was. Now that you mention one at the Svj Ngr shop ill check that out.
Is there something i should be looking for ?
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Post by Mack The Knife » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:54 am

Yeah, don't waste your time.

I have suspected that chappie of stamping different manufacturers name for a couple of years now.

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Post by eljefe » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:06 am

Now gunshops in Shivaji Nagar? blimey! :shock:
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Post by snIPer » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:37 am

woowie - thats something i havent heard of at all.

eljefe - The shop in shivajinagar (opp the bus stop) on the first floor belongs to the same chap who owns a shop next to CSI hospital on Broadway. He has imported pellets but the prices are high. Infact even for gsmith he charged me almost @ 2.00 Rs per pellet for a .22 round head.
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Post by Mack The Knife » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:59 am

snIPer";p="32436 wrote:The shop in shivajinagar (opp the bus stop) on the first floor belongs to the same chap who owns a shop next to CSI hospital on Broadway.
That's not the shop I am refering to. Infact I did not even know about the one you mention.

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Post by snIPer » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:14 pm

U mean there is a second one :-) well this i gotta check out - wonder how i missed that - where is this located?
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Post by Pran » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:43 pm

snIPer";p="32436 wrote:The shop in shivajinagar (opp the bus stop) on the first floor belongs to the same chap who owns a shop next to CSI hospital on Broadway. He has imported pellets but the prices are high. Infact even for gsmith he charged me almost @ 2.00 Rs per pellet for a .22 round head.
The chap's a bull$hitter. Did you meet Inayatullah or his son?

>That's not the shop I am refering to. Infact I did not even know about the one you mention.

It's the same guy, he's got another shop near CSI in Shivajinagar. The one near CSI has some lathe and other machinery.

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Re: I. Hollis Shotguns

Post by Grumpy » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:42 pm

Pran said a naughty word.
Oh Pran, you daredevil ! :twisted:

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Re: I. Hollis Shotguns

Post by Pran » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:46 pm

Grumpy";p="32470 wrote:Pran said a naughty word.
Look who's talking :twisted:
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Re: I. Hollis Shotguns

Post by Grumpy » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:08 pm

Yeah, but I`m a dirty mouthed ole reprobate while you`re young, sweet and innocent.

Did you notice that I didn`t call you Mickey ?
That`s cos your dad got stroppy with me - el Jefe, the Mexican bandit, is scary........and is even harder than my hero, Mack The Knife.
Mind you, el Jefe can`t shoot for toffees - his droopy moustache keeps getting caught up in the hammer of his revolver and his big sombrero keeps blocking his eyes.
My hero would never sacrifice style for efficiency........except that he does have a taste for leather trousers and Harley Davidsons......and Ruby was telling me that his groin gets horribly chafed. She told him to rub baby oil in. So he did - not even my hero argues with Mrs Schwartzenegger.
Now she`s REALLY hard !

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Re: I. Hollis Shotguns

Post by Pran » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:18 pm

Grumpy";p="32478 wrote:
Did you notice that I didn`t call you Mickey ?
Here's an offer Grumpy- I'll change my screen name to 'Mickey' on your Birthday provided you shut up for the rest of the year and remind me the day before your Bday.

> My hero would never sacrifice style for efficiency........except that he does have a taste for leather trousers and Harley Davidsons......and Ruby was telling me that his groin gets horribly chafed. She told him to rub baby oil in. So he did - not even my hero argues with Mrs Schwartzenegger.

ROTFL!!

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