The name Wyman dose not appear in the records of tradesmen working in the London, Birmingham or U.K.gun trade pre; 1900.
I would agree the gun is of mid range quality, much better than the vast majority of those distributed by H.D.Folsom,of N.Y. It is however typical of guns made for the trade,for example by the, Midland Gun Company, Birmingham.
As anticipated by Toby Barkley, the proof marks are Birmingham black powder, in use from 1875-1887. The right barrel was bored 13G,true cylinder and the left barrel bored 12G but choked to 13G at the muzzle. This results in a choke of .019. [1/2 choke in British terminology].
Will make a nice collectors gun or following a satisfactory inspection by a qualified source a good black powder hunting gun.
Last edited by Roy Hebbes; 07/03/09 07:39 PM.
