W richards double barrel shotgun serial numbers

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Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Richards percussion shotgun I have, wondering its history and if its worth refurbishing it or if better left "as is" as a wall hanger. This seems to be mid-late s. I've seen a few of the Belgian-made W.

W richards double barrel shotgun serial numbers

Register Log In doublegunshop. Key: Admin , Global Mod , Mod. Most Online 1, Jan 21st, Richards Marked Shotgun, trying to identify age. Joined: Sep Would like to get as much information as possible about this odd shotgun, marked W. Richards, I'm not too familiar with English double guns. Shotgun is a side by side with side hammers, right barrel marked DD on barrel lug. Barrel rib marked laminated steel.

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Note on access Access to the records in the following report is restricted and may be difficult to arrange. All enquiries about access should be directed in writing to the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Back to top. The expansion of the firm in the nineteenth century was based on a continuous stream of technical improvements and innovations. Increasingly, it specialised in two areas: sporting guns, which continue to be the mainstay of the gunmaking part of the business, and the production of military weapons, beginning with the Enfield musket of

Log in. Sign up. Classic Shotguns. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. There are a few markings on it, saying "W. Richards" on both sides. In my research, it seems that if it is not spelled out completely, it may not be a real Westley Richards, but instead a cheaper knock off On the top of the barrel, almost faded out, is "laminated steel" There is a design on the rear of the gun.

W richards double barrel shotgun serial numbers

Choke: Neither barrel is choked i. The diameter of the bores is about 0. There is an engraved silver medallion behind the lower tang and silver escutcheons around the barrel bolt. The stock shows oil staining over its length, which is heaviest around the metal parts. There are numerous dings and light marks in the buttstock area with a deeper compression mark on the left side of the heel and a small chip out of the left top edge of the forend. The checkering shows moderate wear that is tending to heavy wear at the bottom edges of the grip checkering. The grip and forend checkering both show a few light mars.

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And El Garro, no need to post the age markings, can pretty much narrow it down from here. Update my browser now. Leather Gun Cases. Post by Grumpy » Fri May 03, pm. Richards of London, that would be a distant cousin of Westley named William Richards. I did get to use her on wild Bobwhite near Campo, Colorado this Fall and she did her part. Follow User. Gun Cleaning. By the First World War, the company had lost its more lucrative military contracts to the Royal Ordnance factories. The logs and the firm still exist so if in doubt, ask W. The serial numbers on the receiver, barrels and forearm match and the top of the barrels read "W Richards London Laminated Steel". Log in. This seems to be mid-late s. Post by miroflex » Sun May 12, am Hi Grumpy, Thank you very much for posting the above information.

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