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Brilliant, all is explained.

Good idea to mark the bird with a stick so the dog can find it, and to keep the dog on a lead so you can drag it back if it goes off in the wrong direction - or perhaps the lead is there to ensure you don't get left behind ! Don't know why you get the "too large" message.Try reducing the N...

Hi Roy,

You will have found quite a bit of info on the firm under the name Thomas Tipping. You will find more if you put the name Tipping into the text box (leaving all the other boxes blank).

Hi Brad, J D Dougall was a famous maker and this looks like one of his Lockfast guns. As such it is important and may be valuable. He was appointed gunmaker to the Prince of Wales (later George VII) and the Duke of Edinburgh (Albert – Queen Victoria’s husband). You really should join as a member of ...

J D Dougall 59 St James's Street, London.

Brad, What name and address is on the gun, can you describe it or do you have a photo? John

Can you help to identify the year and value of this old shotgun that came with the purchase of an old cottage?

Brad

Hi Norman, what address is engraved on the gun and does the number have an H prefix or suffix? John

I was intrigued to read a note which you had placed in the archived forum some time ago about Arthur Allan and the Allan family of Gunsmiths, in response to an earlier enquiry. Particularly as Arthur Allan was born in Catrine, in Ayrshire, near where I live and work. You were able to provide a remar...

I don't think any records exist, and perhaps there were never any record books. It is likely that Arthur Allan never actually "made" any of his guns, he was probably just a retailer and repairer of guns made in Birmingham by one or more trade makers. Prior to 1904 only a couple of serial n...