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![]() "The Holland & Holland factory, located in London not far from Paddington Station, is a true example of a place where Best London guns are built in the traditional way combined with the most modern materials and equipment. (...) When our clients visit the factory at Harrow Road they never fail to marvel at the number and variety of craft skills required to build the shotguns and rifles that are justly considered to be amongst the best in the world. Lock, stock and barrel, every element of the weapon is made and finished out to impeccable standards of mechanical function, handling and form by specialist craftsmen. Engraving is one of the most intriguing of the skills and plays a vital part in the sporting gunís appeal to its owner. Indeed, more time may be spent on discussing the subject and execution of the gunís engraving than on the practical and functional features of its mechanics. " more |
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![]() "The drilling used to be called the “forester’s gun”. The various barrel combinations make this splendid implement a universal gun. The term “forester’s gun” also includes the notion of high-level professionalism. |
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![]() "Meisterstück side-by-side shotguns are light and wonderfully elegant hunting guns; fine representatives of the good old days. The side-by-side arrangement of the barrels is a classical design principle of hunting guns - this principle has been applied in Suhl since the early days. Even if the Merkel brothers were more committed to the over-and-under gun at the start, the Merkel philosophy was soon devolved to the traditional side-by-side gun. An example of this is the aesthetic line of the slim soldered barrels - a trademark of Merkel Meisterstücks. |
![]() "The first recorded Henry Atkin was a workman of James Purdey when he started up in business in 1814, indeed it is said that he was the first man Purdey employed. He stayed with him for 50 years, during which time his own son, also Henry Atkin, was apprenticed to him at Purdeys and stayed there for about 10 years. It was this son who was to found the gunmaking firm of that name in 1877, On leaving Purdeys in 1866, Henry went to William Moore & Co., then at its 43 Old Bond St address, and stayed with the firm for ten years until setting up on his own for the first time at 18 Oxendon St in 1877. An early Atkin advertisement indicates that the business was established in 1875, but there is no other evidence to support this earlier date." ... more |
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![]() "Whilst many makers of fine English shotguns can trace their ancestry back a considerable number of years, Boss & Co can claim to be one of the longest established, dating back to 1773 when William Boss began his gunmaking apprenticeship in Birmingham. |
![]() "In 1891 Edwin John Churchill established one of the most competitive and outstanding gunmakers of all time. Founding its initial success on the live pigeon shooting circuit, the reputation of the company was based firmly on the fine balance, exacting fit and superlative finish of its guns and ultimately how they performed in the field.The finest of all these guns was the 'Premiere' which exhibited all of the qualities expected of the highest grade English sporting gun – style, grace, balance, durability and innovation. These qualities were no more obvious than in the manufacture of the pinless sidelock, which provided a firing mechanism impervious to the weather, whilst also allowing the engraver an uninterupted surface to indulge his art..." more |
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![]() "Born in the late 1700s the first John Dickson was apprenticed as a gunmaker in Edinburgh in 1806, founding his own company in 1820 - a company which continued to be family run until 1936. In the late 1960s, Dicksons acquired control of many other famous Scottish gunmakers including Mortimer (founded in 1740) and the Henry Rifle Company. Angling interests were extended too with the acquisition of Alex Martin. |
![]() "It has been the general consensus of opinion throughout the gun trade that the development of the best London gun could be taken no further, and that every gunmaker's main task was to emulate the great guns built between the wars as best as possible." ... more |
"Over 100 years ago Sauer & Sohn created a symbol of perfection: the “Meisterwerk” shotgun. Today, the fine art of gunmaking climaxes and brings the legend back to life. Handcrafted perfection: the Sauer & Sohn side lock shotgun is a one-of-a-kind original. It is the only gun mechanism that was developed according to the rule of Thales." ... more |
"Only a handful of Birmingham gunmakers survived the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the period of austerity that followed. But one was established, survived, and ultimately succeeded during this difficult period for the trade. Albert Arthur Brown was the son of John Joseph Brown, a gunmaker who had at one time worked for Webley & Scott, B.S.A., and W. W. Greener |
It is difficult, demanding work requiring a hammer and chisel instead of the normal hand-held graver, but Albert Arthur Brown |
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"An Unrivalled Tradition: Founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1735, John Rigby & Co. has forged an enduring history of manufacturing excellence and design innovation that is unequalled in the annals of rifle and shotgun manufacturing. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the company built dueling pistols and defensive weapons, such as the blunderbuss, that established its reputation for utter reliability in life-and-death situations. Later, and continuing to this day, the company’s mainstay has been the manufacture of the world’s finest firearms for dangerous game and other large animal hunting. |
![]() "Never stop, never look behind. Keep advancing."
"These words could be our motto." |
![]() "The Chapuis quest for quality and elegance continues to direct the necessary evolution of the gun lines. |
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![]() ![]() William Westley Richards set up his gunmaking business in 1812 to design and make guns that could not be bettered. Not only has the company achieved that original ambition, it has also been responsible for a remarkable series of inventions that have set new standards in gun design. |
W W GREENER Maker of Fine Guns since 1829 "Five generations of the Greener family have been making the finest shot guns and rifles since 1829. Founded by William Greener and made famous by his son William Wellington Greener the company continues to make the very best English guns with Graham Greener, fifth generation, being fully involved as a director of the company. David Dryhurst, one of the last apprentice gunmakers trained by the company and Richard Tandy, another exceptionally talented gunmaker, are two of the directors making the very best quality W W Greener sporting shotguns and rifles today." ... more |
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