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RicKARD  I am not sure that is a rickard but rather is richard. Many Rickard guns appear with clear K spelling or rickard gun co. I have such a gun as this without the engraving 28ga and the belgian BP proofs etc point to the gun being 1890s to early 1900. The Rickard gun co was not incorporated till 1912 per info I've seen. I think mine has pieper barrels possibly assembled by another (unknown mark). ymmv fwiw
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Thank you for the kind words Ted. 1906 W. Richards BLE 16-bore, Number 1 of a pair. 14 7/8-inch LOP to a thin horn butt plate, 28-inch steel tubes (in proof for 70mm), 5lbs14. The address on the rib is 44 Fishergate, Preston.  My first cinnamon bird of the year.
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If my 16 still had it's case, I suspect that the label would have looked something like this. This gun is a single barrel 16 hammer Damascus from the 1890s. Definitely not of Belgian origin. 
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Yea Dave stick around, this a good source of information for double guns. You'll just have to put up with Lloyd who can't take a good picture worth spit.
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Ri (no C) kard 
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I will have to apologize for the quality this shot, but it is an example of a later trade label with the Liverpool address. This gun was a very petite .410 double that came through the shop as a transfer. 
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Quality and composition on this shot seems a little better. URL=http://s135.photobucket.com/user/lamiii/media/lastwalk2015.jpg.html]  [/URL] Notice the size difference on the top two birds. The cinnamon bird was full grown, arguably a holdover from last year. The one next to it was and is easily the smallest ruffed grouse I've ever encountered. My guess is that the mother hen clutched 3 times this last Summer and this was one of her last broods. Probably no more than 6-weeks old here.
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Yes, Richards also had a place at Fishergate Preston for a while. I have a good copy of a Richards of Liverpool case trade label if you need one. Lagopus.....
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Off topic, but.....shot with a W. Richards. The worlds smallest October ruffed grouse. 
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W. Richards is to Westley Richards as a J. Manton is to Joseph Manton.
SRH Not quite; There's the spurious W Richards slapped on Belgian guns of dubious origin, meant to capitalise on a respected name, and the respected W Richards in its own right of Liverpool and Preston. This is hardly JABC:  http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...8501#Post398501
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