Michael Petrov, I,(WE),wrote a Technicana artical in ssm. Sept-Oct.2001, with extensive Photos of This Woodward'Grip',and others that I have. The Patent date c 1916 & Woodward LONDON are stamped into the left side. This;Little Bit of LONDON Gunmaking History, was handed down from Charles Harry Lawrence, M.B.E. to my Gaffer, Bill O'Brien,Stocker @ Purdeys(1936-1986) and eventually sent to me for Christmas 1990 here in "US". I remembered seeing it attached to a PURDEY 12b db. that had belonged to a former WW1 'Flyer'who was a old friend of Mr Tom Purdey, WW1 Veteran Himself. The 'Flier' had lost his left arm in a Battlefield Crash. He shot many years with the Woodward Grip, and was a welcome Guest on the Scotish Moors. CC/dt
David,
Interesting story, thanks for sharing. It was a lucky guess on the time frame but figured around then a lot of men only had one arm. I cheated and pulled out the 1916 patent book and only had to look at a couple pages and there it was.
