I posted above “The Liverpool and Preston shops, up to 1916, kept separate number books for each branch.

As a result, although numbers do not appear to have been duplicated they may have been a few years out of step.”

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I discovered today, much to my surprise, that there is a gun from the Preston branch that has the identical serial number to mine above from the Liverpool shop.

A sample of one (or is it 2 in this case?) does not prove much and this may have been an isolated duplication.

Last edited by Parabola; 02/15/26 03:46 PM.