Which one of you guys did the work on this Holland and Holland 375?
http://www.indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php?t=1390&start=0






(actually lifted this from 24HrCampfire)

Why would someone do that?????

Is that REAL plastic inlay? or something cheap.

Looks like it was made for Dale "no talent, no taste" Earnhart

I would say its been through some native types hands in a so called third world country. No offence intended to anyone who reads this!

In the 1800's any musket that passed into Maori hands was ornately carved although a lot more skilfully than that. In case anyone doesnt know the Maori are the native people of NZ.

While it may not be to western tastes the work does look like it was reasonably well done and I am sure that rifle was someones personalised pride and joy. It is a custom job although beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Is it plastic or is it ivory or bone or similar?

What,.. no mud flaps or fuzzy dice???

I was there when those inlays were installed. I was in Utah and stopped in a gun shop and saw a guy installing those things. Name was Malmberg or something like that.

Well, think about it...when an animal saw this rifle, he became incapacitated with laughter, rolling on the ground
and then the hunter could carefully choose his shot & make an easy kill!

Some of you are so unimaginative!

Tom from Cody

Unfortunately the thread indicates it is in India and there are restrictions about exporting. At todays currency conversion the asking price was about $6000, and I am sure it sold quickly. With a replacement stock, that would make a very desireable rifle. If you sent it back to England and had a factory replacement stock and rework, what do you think it would sell for?

I like it.

Not my initials but I could tell everyone that's two Tarantulas doing the nasty.


Terry

Oh my God!

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Originally posted by duikerman:
I was there when those inlays were installed. I was in Utah and stopped in a gun shop and saw a guy installing those things. Name was Malmberg or something like that.

Hmm, since you recently gave me such a warm welcome to the site for breeching etiquette let me remind you of your own preferences on the subject"

quote:

Originally posted by duikerman:
fyj, you are stirring the pot and you know it. This has nothing to do with on topic, it has to do with you taking, yet another, swipe at the moderator and it is tiring.

If you want to talk guns and their making and repair then do so. If you want to continue being a prick please go elsewhere.

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...=996104995#996104995

Hmm, seems like you should heed your own advice. What the hell is your beef with Malm anyway? Actually, belay that, who cares, just keep it to yourself.

That is Amazeing. Kinda makes me stare in wonder.

I first thought it was a cribbage board, but now I see it is two halves of a chess set.............

I bet that rifle has good juju.

flaco

First, what's up with the bolt? is it checkered and stippled or something?

2nd, I can't believe you people, I learned this years ago. checkered patterns in contrasting color cause artificial planes in the brain (you think you see 3d but it is a 2d surface) this throws off your depth perception. Maybe all of you that have hunted Africa are taking distance shots, this rifle was clearly made for hunting up close in thick jess.

See, what you do is when you are stalking so close you can feel the warmth in their footprints you hold the rifle sideways, if you get a fast charge the checkered pattern throws off their depth perception making them miss you, giving you the chance you need to turn the rifle and kill the bugger.

Red

I would love to have it, want to sell it?

That's not mine, belongs to someone on the Indian hunting board, Indian as those from India...

The asking price seems very reasonable if it is mechanically sound. The link to the site is in the first post.

I originally thought that maybe Chic, gunmakr, Duane, SDH, Soverns, Stratton or one other of our Guild members here had done that beautiful work... I started to out and out blame it on Duane or Hughes, but didn't want to hurt anyone else's feelers...

Theres a lot of damned nice figure in that stock, such as, I can't figure why the hell someone would do that to ivory, or, India, it figures...