English guns were made with three distinct types of pistol grip in addition to the familiar straight stock.. Churchill in his book, How to Shoot, defines them as; quarter,Half and Full. Whilst full pistol grip is mostly seen on pigeon and wild fowl guns they are also found on game guns.
On 31 August 1987,Sothebys sold a pair of Churchill Premiere 12G guns belonging to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales that, have full pistol grip stocks. Guns with pistol grip stocks are seen in use in vintage U.K. photographs/book illustrations.
Beaver tail fore ends were made only to special order.

Last edited by Roy Hebbes; 08/28/13 08:52 AM.
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