The Irish gunmaker Newton set up in the town of Grantham in eastern England and taught gunmaking to his apprentices- Wogdon, and the Manton brothers. Joseph Manton passed his skills on to men such as Purdey and others. So in a way the foundations of the English trade were laid by an Irishman.

One Irish gun i saw was a back action peninsula lock hammergun. It bore the name Berry, Dublin, on the locks.

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