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Looks like your gun is one of those two ! W P Jones was an inventive and very skilled gunmaker, I have a personal connection in that in 1919 my grandfather (of R B Rodda & Co) made and patented the Rotax bullet for smoothbore shotguns subseqently manufactured by Kynoch and sold by Rodda in India...

Hi David, I wrote this about 15 years ago, it is now 9.45 am and I can't remember what I had for breakfast! I do know that it was from a reliable source, and that I had no independent confirmation. Strangely, reflecting on it now, I did not put this in the W P Jones history - I guess this was becaus...

I haven't come across the name before but it appears to be very common in Suffolk and quite common in the south of England. Henry Blomfield (or Bloomfield) Lankester was born the son of William Lankester on 27 March 1773 possibly in Ipswich Street, Stowmarket. He was apprenticed on 27 March 1798 to ...

Thanks to Stephen Grist we have the following: The Wilkes brothers always referred to Dickie (Richard J) Bolter as "Woodward's stocker". He was born into a military family in 1870 and was recorded as a gunmaker's woodworker in the 1901 census. The Wilkes had many stories about him as he wa...

Your gun is the Popular Ejector model probably made about 1926-1930 by C G Bonehill and just retailed by Arthur Allan. To find the history you have to register and pay for membership then click on Historical Database and enter Arthur Allen in the search boxes, don't enter anything else.

Hi Daniele, No serial numbers have been recorded for this maker. The gun was almost certainly made in Birmingham and it was definitely proved in Birmingham probably between 1906 and 1911. Williamsons were definitely a London gun retailer but they were never in Bridgenorth, or Ludlow. The value of a ...

I presume you are talking about Purdey? Have you read the history in our database? It is all in there.

Very poor info from 1904-1925. Is it Arthur Allan Ltd? What address is on the rib? Have you looked at our history? Is it ejector or hammerless?

Your wife is going to be pleased with that black stain on her carpet. Try Swarfega, I use it on shirts, trousers everything. Dab it on, leave it for an hour or two, wash normally, deny everything. All Cogswell guns were all proved in London. This mark is either the lion rampant over GP mark or the L...

He is not listed anywhere and was probably an employee of one of the London companies who made a gun for himself after he retired.