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Anyone have any info on this gun, its a 12bore hammer gun, with side lever opener, browned, in very nice condition, sitting in a pawn shop for 400! I can find Mortimer and sons but no RS Mortimer. Any info will be appreciated, will be offering him 300 for it!

If it's tight and nice as you said, I'd go for it- 3 or 400 is cheap for a nice hammergun. Paul

Paul, I am going to buy it.. it sets up very tight, do you know anything about the maker? thanks

I cannot find anything on RS Mortimer. Sorry.


Jackson Mortimer 46 Penton Place, Pentonville London
H W Mortimer 41 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields London
James Mortimer 4 Blackman Street, Southwark London
James Mortimer London
Thomas Mortimer 5 St Brides Place London
Thomas Mortimer Wednesbury
G & J Mortimer London
T E Mortimer 78 Princes Street (& 34 St James' Street, London) Edinburgh
Henry Mortimer Boston
T Mortimer See H W Mortimer
Henry William Mortimer See Jackson Mortimer
T J Mortimer See Jackson Mortimer
T E Mortimer See Jackson Mortimer
Mortimer Barnstaple
H H Mortimer Bush Lane London
Mortimer & Blanch See Jackson Mortimer
Mortimer & Kirkwood 24 Elm Street Boston
Mortimer & Son See Jackson Mortimer Edinburgh
J Mortimer & Son Colonade, Pall Mall London
Mortimer Gallery 74 Mortimer Street London

Check the R S Mortimer gun for proofmarks. The Mortimer name, a proud one, was often faked. Since there is no R S Mortimer that I know, I would be suspicious of a fake, mabye from Belgium.

Wow thanks Mark and Daryl, It just may be a fake it is in very nice shape but not as nice as the Mortimers I have researched online, Still think I will get it for 300....Chuck

I also have a RS Motimer and can find nothing on the name. It is a 12ga., side by side with hammers. There is a 7 and a 13 stamped into the underside of the reciever. It needs new hammers, firing pin nipples, firing pins and firing pin springs and a shell ejector. I believe it is a damascus twist. i am thinking of retoring it but would like to no more about it before I spend the money. Thanks

If either the current Mortimer owner(sandman322) or the prospective owner(chux) would post some pictures it would help in the identification.
Jim

Mortimer is a name also recorded in the address of fishing tackle and sporting goods stores, past and present,located in Scotland.
The fact that your gun is stamped with a 7 suggests to me that is one of a batch of guns, made in Birmingham for the retail trade.These guns were engraved with the sellers name;in this case, my opinion is; R.S.Mortimer? The 7 is a typical control number applied by the actual Birmingham maker in order to to identify the parts belonging to a specific gun within the production batch[ie; parts in this era were not interchangeable].
The 13 would be the bore size at time of proof testing.
As suggested by others, another possibility is of course that it is a spurious gun trying to take advantage of the well known Mortimer name.It is worthy of note that records show that at a much earlier time[ie; prior to the date that your gun was made] a Richard Mortimer was active in the London gun trade. In the past I have encountered Birmingham guns marked with the name of a long dead maker.
Details of the proof marks would assist in confirming the origin of the gun.