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Originally Posted By: zoom2x
Should I send it to someone to "clean and tune up" .


Nice gun...if you're not going to shoot it you should do nothing to the gun. Other than maybe some Renaissance Wax.

I'd put it's value anywhere between 9 and 18 hundred dollars depending on barrel wall thickness and bore condition.

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Lee, you are most welcome.
What a lovely firearm
Thanks for listing the pictures
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Wm Moore & Grey from the Bond st address




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OH Osthaus

Your gun sure has a lot more curlicues than mine! Very pretty. Expensive work.

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A) what, if anything besides name and maybe the viscosity, is the difference between

1) http://www.midwayusa.com/product/857663/renaissance-wax-rust-preventative-and-gun-stock-polish-7-oz

2) http://www.midwayusa.com/product/419434/...tive-8-oz-paste and

3) http://www.midwayusa.com/product/132483/break-free-lubricant-and-preservative-gun-oil-16-oz-liquid

B) If I want to shoot my gun should I send it to some antique gun expert for a cleaning and tune-up or can a run of the mill gunsmith do it OK, assuming he meets at least minimum standards of competency?

C) If I should send it off, to whom? I am in "Upper East TN" but once it is packed and shipped the difference in cost for the gun going 100 miles or 1500 miles is probably not an issue.

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homelessjOe - Where in TN are you? I am in Johnson City but visit family in Memphis & Nashville from time to time. Thanks for the valuation. You are at your limit on Private Messages.

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Originally Posted By: Roy Hebbes
PeteM,
For many years I owned a fine percussion gun by Moore and Woodward.Records show that this business was at 64 St;James Street, London, 1850-1872.There appears to have been be a relationship between this maker and William Moore In that the the inside face of the locks of this gun were engraved ,"Wm,M&Co;"!
Woodward went on to found his own business which over time resulted in the development of his over and under gun.
What are your thoughts on this possible business relationship?


As posted above, "By 1859 in Birmingham, Moore & Harris had expanded into barrel and lock making and in 1861 they moved to the Great Western Gun Works at 91 Constitution Hill."

Roy, see above for what I think is the connection. Information I have to date points to the break point between Moore & Woodward to James Woodward as being between percussion and break breech. I would expect M&H to have been quite competent at lock making and to have taken advantage of any opening to expand their business, family ties or no. Best gun parts were, like finished guns, simply a matter of someone willing to pay the price.

I would dearly love to have the serial, description and any photos of this gun.

DDA

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looks like the king died in 1837 but the barrel marking on this rifle still shows William Moore, no mention of the "& Co."


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very nice...

here is a link to pictures of a william moore double rifle...

https://www.gunsamerica.com/965451470/ENGLISH-DOUBLE-RIFLE-BY-WILLIAM-MOORE.htm

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