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Picked up a 12 ga 30 inch Clabrough & Johnstone, Makers, London & Birmingham sxs hammer gun, serial 3962, marked 2 3/4 on the fore-end lug. BP proofs after 1905. Anyone tell me who actually built it, and approximate DOM?? Pictures below.  
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
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Typical lower end Birmingham Hammer gun . Black powder ,Look like steel barrels but can't really tell from the photos. Has it been restored? From the look of the checkering I would say so. Black powder hammer guns were made in Brum well into the 20th C for the export market .As to who actually made it is a matter of guesswork ,and unless you have access to Claybrough's records I doubt you will ever find out.
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Someone restocked it and I'd bet they blued over the damascus barrels.
As cheaply made as it appears there is no way I would shoot modern ammo in that gun.
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Joe Vorisek's books put that gun around 1877.
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I picked up a J.P. Clabrough 12 bore a while back.The only others I have seen were a few hammer guns. I like this one though. It is a Birmingham box lock ejector with assisted opening. The barrels are damascus and it is nitro proofed. It has a Greener cross bolt. Just under 6 3/4 lbs. Nice but not extensive engraving. The serial number is 10,283. The rib inscription is J.P. Clabrough & Bros., Makers, Birmingham. Would anyone know the date of manufacture for this one? I haven't any pictures yet, but did they have a preferred maker for their assisted opening box locks? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Northern Bob; 11/26/11 04:37 PM.
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