One of the finest 8 bore guns we have ever seen.Īlong with the paperwork the gun is complete in its original lightweight canvas case, with the original oil pot, two-piece rosewood cleaning rod (that is massive) and original mop, jag and brush

Certainly, the type that would be obsessive with data from test results.Ĭondition is king and this gun has it all. 23, 1868 – March 8, 1946) who was an English automotive engineer and founder of Lanchester Engine Company and The Lanchester Motor Company in Birmingham, England. Lanchester who would, no doubt, have to be one Frederick W. Looking back at the ledgers, the gun was “sold to” one F.W. No doubt factory notes recorded when the barrels were regulated. This Westley Richards 8g A&D Fixed Lock was finished in 1909 and, just as the 1912 catalogue states, this gun is a “Double Hammerless Wildfowl Gun, in an 8 bore with a plain finish and anti-recoil heelplate” and these models were built on special order, to the customer’s specifications.Īccompanying the gun are three pages, clipped together, of beautifully handwritten notes showing the guns serial number, gauge, load data and pattern results at different size circles and distances for three different shot sizes. To that measure, that is exactly what I have recently come across. Original load data accompany's this amazing wildfowl gun. may be killed at the most extended ranges possible.” With regard to portable guns fired from the shoulder it includes the 12 bores taking the long cartridge, the 10 bores, 8 bores, and 4 bores…the three larger calibres here mentioned may be particularly regarded as suitable for killing the largest wildfowl, for these guns discharge considerably increased charges of both powder and shot, and so with large shot, the wild geese, ducks, etc. “The term Wildfowl Gun is very comprehensive.

In Westley Richards’ landmark 1912 Centenary catalogue, there is a section devoted to Wildfowl Guns stating: Quite simply, it’s a magnificent beast of a gun from an era that has long since passed. That idiomatic expression is a bit deceiving though, as the most recent gun I’ve found is nowhere near as delicate or dainty as a rose.

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