Anyone who says those guns are Westley Richards made has their head in the sand. There are lots of articles detailing the way those guns were made. I had the original contract between Westley Richards and Harrington Richardson with the latter having the exclusive Anson and Deeley manufacturing rights in the U.S. Deeley even came over here to the U.S. and helped with organization and production on the second floor of the Harrington and Richardson plant. All this took place in the first half of the 1880s. My opinion is that the H and R guns and the Colt 1883 were the finest doubles produced in that period. Fit and finish were superb.
