I have just acquired a very nice Alex Martin Sidelock No 58XX with 30" barrels. Its in good original condition still with 90%+ of the colour on the action and sidelocks. It doesn't look to have been refurbished, just well cared for.
Barrels are engraved Alex Martin, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen
It also has a 2nd pair of barrels - a 25" pair of Ribless barrels engraved with above on one barrel and "Incorporating Alex. Henry on the other.
It comes in a case fitted for the 30" barrels with the Alex Martin trade label and stating "Established 100 years as a gun, rifle and ammunition maker"
I think Alex Martin was incorporated around 1837 so that would make the case 1937.
Would anybody have any idea on the date my Sidelock was made - late 1920's?
