Boothroyd give a good potted history of Rowland Watson and the later amalgamated company of Thomas Wild . IT was said that there had always been a Watson in the Birminham gun trade since first established in buisness in 1723 . The last MR Watson died in 1988. I had the peasure of breifly knowing him in the late 70s . They were at the 17 Whittall St adress 1900/1930 .
I would suspect the gun was at the earlier end of that time give the original black powder proof . gjw belives the action was but W & S but I see no evidence of that. It looks to be a fairly standard trade style action from the photo . Wild/Watson did use some Belgian actions prior to WW1 quite nicely finish in Birmingham but had brazed ribs . I once owned one .
Last edited by gunman; 01/13/13 07:34 AM.
