Hollenbeck
 

After seeing a recent article in the DGJ and reading Researcher’s awesome 2002 DGJ articles, I decided to track one down. 12 bore both barrels are tightly choked and the third barrel is a .32-40 Winchester which I plan to use on fall turkeys in the high country this year where I blue grouse hunt. Pretty sweet little gun.

Congratulations! That’s a hell of a gun. Would love to hear the story of how you found it.

Shawn,I believe your Hollenbeck drilling was made in Wheeling West Virginia. J.J.

this drilling will be perfect for deer or turkeys....my drilling has shot it s share of deer...mine is the 16-16-7x57r...i never get tired at looking at drillings they are some really fine work put into these guns....they got some interesting rifle calibers in these guns....charlie

Mike...it's actually a boring story, but I found it on Gun Broker.

The No. 0 Grade doesn't appear on the 1906 price list. It first appears in the 1907 Three-Barrel Gun Co. catalog where it is offered with either Damascus or steel barrels.

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By the 1908 Three-Barrel Gun Co. catalog it is only offered with Crescent Steel barrels.

Give me the serial number and I can look it up for you today in the copy of the records I have. Tomorrow I'm leaving for Minnesota so it could be a while before I look it up.

Serial no. is 1428

Thanks Dave!

The ledger line for 1428 shows 0, 12, 32-40, 28", Damascus, 1/2, 14, 1 5/8, 2 3/4.
Nothing in the Consignment , Shipped, Sold To, or Remarks columns. So, looks like it was still in inventory when things went belly up. The other guns on that page 1405-1430 have ship dates 1909 to 1911, actually in the Royal Gun Co. era.

yes, the Three Barrel Gun Co. was in Wheeling, Wv where I currently live--but I have never run across any in my search for old doubles

The offices were in Wheeling, but the factory was in Moundsville.