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Is there, or rather has there been any noted welsh gunmakers, or much of a gunmaking industry in Wales ? Or is the fact that Birmingham is very close to wales the reason there was never much of a requirement for Gun makers in that region ? Ireland had a few good gunmakers, Rigby, Stephen Grant etc, Scotland had excellent makers such as Alex Henry, Fraser etc, England, too many to mention, but i cannot think of one welsh gunmaker.
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Welsh surnames are extremely common in the trade: Jones, Lewis, Williams, Evans, Griffiths, Roberts, Smith, James, etc. Now whether any of the gunmakers that had these names moved from Wales to England to open shop, I have no idea. I cant recall ever seeing a gun with a Welsh address on it either. Probably just too easy to go to Birmingham and apprentice and then open up shop.
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List of English and Welsh gunmakers up to 1850
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjNnKXzmdzeAhV9HjQIHeQADs0QFjAAegQICBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchpress.co.uk%2Frppublishing%2Frplibrary%2Frpl004-english-welsh-gunmakers-1550-1850-v1705.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0NHQhFbXgXuQN1wlC0ruxO
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The Internet Gun Club list about 90 makers/sellers in Wales. Cardiff is often mentioned .
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Thank you all, no i do not remember seeing a welsh address on a gun either. As i said, irish, scottish, english, but never a welsh one.
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Arthur Agnew and T Page-Wood and Co. are listed in Wales. Each of these may have connections in other locations.
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I once had a wonderful 14 bore percussion double By Farmer of Cardiff. I traded it to Larry Shelton for a 10 bore Patrick Mullen. I wish all three were still here.
Last edited by rocky mtn bill; 11/17/18 07:21 PM.
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There was Horatio and John Jones from Wrexham and a guy in Llandudno but I think he was a stocker, he'd made a replacement boxlock stock for a gun a friends father passed on to his son., I started jotting down a list of Welsh firms (couldn't be sure who actually built guns or who just sold them) I'll dig out the unfinished list and post it when it turns up.
Rust never sleeps !
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