Two years ago I was told by the Birmingham Proof House that they would make an announcement when they were ready. None was forthcoming.
The declined to answer any specific questions about the incidents and procedures then of concern.
The London Proof House likewise declined to shed any real light except to say that they now get their proof loads from Birmingham.
Richard Purdey commented on my "scurrilous website comments about the Proof House" when I went there for lunch as a guest. I replied "When you stop blowing things up, I'll stop writing about it". He said "We are in the business of blowing things up".
Don't expect to get any answers from either proof house other than what they decide they want to tell you.
Regarding prof failure, the response is simply that the gun was tested and it failed proof. End of discussion.
The quality of stamping also seems to have deteriorated. Double stamps, stamps in places where it results in damage to the action etc are sadly all too common thesedays.
Last edited by Small Bore; 02/19/11 04:29 PM.
