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Interesting. I have a Powell with locks by F. Spittle:  Link to a larger image: Locks off a 12g Powell shotgun OWD
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proof mark pictures did not turn out as well  
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The wood to metal fit is pretty nice too The initials in the shield are EMT Jr - wasn't there a guy from Chicago...? And for anyone who has ever checkered, the checkering wraps around behind the trigger guard tang just like it does at the top - no divider lines. Again, nearly perfect execution.      top rib: 
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Great work.
Nigel Brown has a G. Spittle and a George Spittle listed in his book British Gunmakers: Volume Two.
G. Spittle was a lockmaker, Wednesbury Staffs, 1864
George Spittle was a lockmaker, 80 Longacre, Nechells, Birmingham 1857-1860 and New St, Darlaston Staffs, 1867-1870.
There are a number of other Spittles listed in Brown's book.
They were in the lock business as early as 1816 and stayed in it until around 1897. It looks like locks were a family business for them.
Of course, the pull-down forend latch was patented by Deeley & Edge in 1873.
Odd that the locks are non rebounding...
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Here is the obituary for those that haven't seen it 
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bsteele - No, neither gun came from you. I'm now cursing myself for missing your Patrick Mullin, I surely would have snagged it!
(You're right, it seems the full first name is rare, with P. Mullin being much more evident. Although I'm certainly no expert, I have a hard time believing the implication in the above obituary that says the full name guns were/are of higher quality. At least that doesn't seem to be the case with the limited exposure to these guns that I have had)
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I have in front of me a privately published work called Gun and Gun Part Makers of Staffordshire. It seems that there was a dynasty of Spittles in the gun trade. Alfred Spittle, Spittle Brothers, Charles, Charles T., G, George, Henry T.,Jabez, Joseph, Peter and William. All working in Darlaston or Wednebury. And all listed as lock makers. Interesting. Lagopus.....
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I am not sure that I have seen a Mullin gun with the full name of Patrick Mullin that wasn't a muzzle loader. These guns are not common. All had the highest degree of finish. Mullin did not like engraving, so except for some screws or tiny areas, his guns were unengraved. If memory serves me correctly, his guns were priced in the $200-300 range. Certainly a limited market.
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I recall the story about guns he made completely in-house were marked "Patrick Mullin", while the ones that were inporterd as barrelled actions and only finished here were marked "P. Mullin". Both of mine have had british provisional proof marks, so I don't feel like that's totally accurate.
Does anyone have an opinion on the "W.W" seen in the first picture of the inletting? I feel like I've seen it before.
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