James Woodward sold A&D action guns from around 1900 through to when they were acquired by J Purdey & Sons in 1948.
Like many other London gunmakers of the period, they had to oblige their customers requirements, not only for their best guns made in their own workshops with assistance from London based trade outworkers, but also for less expensive guns which may be required for keepers, wives, sons and daughters (not necessarily in that order!).
Woodward records, held by Purdey, will indicate which guns were made for them by the trade. It is known that John Harper, Claborough & Johnson and Osborne provided Woodwards with A&D guns.
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