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| by Roy Hebbes |
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J&W TOLLEY was one of several British gunmakers that exhibited at the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876' For may years I owned Tolley gun #1749 a 10g ball and shotgun made or this exhibition, This remarkable gun was engraved with scenes reflecting life on the frontier. Including on one lock plate, a settler with lasso in pursuit of wild horses on the other a mounted first nation sportsman hunting elk .On the underside of the action a frontiers man is pictured in hand to hand combat with a first nation warrior. Truly a unique and unusual gun. I consider this gun to be perhaps the most interesting find in 60 plus years of collecting. I am in my 90th years but this gun remains fresh in my memory!
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| by JulesW |
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A very belated reply to this old thread, but I've just acquired a Tolley resembling your description but bored-out to 20g and fitted with a concave replacement rib. Still a lovely gun, and a credit to its maker, however. Serial is 5980. The address on the barrels is 1 Conduit Street, so address records suggest 1885-1894, but the original BP proof-marks fit the 1855-1875 rubric.
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| by HistoricBore |
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Wiseman's repaired my c.1925 Little of Yeovil side-by-side (made in Birmingham) in 1985, and it is perfect. Then during Covid I bought a Webley 100 16 bore semi-hammerless Keeper's Gun from them, sight unseen. It was made in 1964 and had been 'collected' with three others and never fired.
It has colour case hardening to die for...
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| by lagopus |
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Nothing wrong with a Tolley; I have one of his earlier boxlock wildfowling guns (not the Altro) with 2 3/4" chambers and also one of the little 2" boxlock ejectors made in the Skimmin & Wood era but bearing the Tolley name. The earlier stuff was mainly made with the wildfowler in mind. They also made punt guns. I've never seen a bad Tolley. Lagopus.....
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| by bavarianbrit |
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I just found an advert in uk internet for a Tolley in the UK as shown below the price shows what the brits today think of this maker.
Tolley, J. & W. 10 gauge Hammer second hand Shotgun (R/H)
Licence: Shotgun, Barrel: 32"
Origin: English, Chamber: 3"1/2
Trigger: 2, Ejection: NO, Serial #: 6530
A Jones rotary under-lever with rebounding back-action locks. Damascus barrels. Complete with 10 re-loadable brass cartridges.
£2,899 pounds US $4,222 euros 3,473
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| by JulesW |
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JulesW,
When you say “bored out” did your Tolley start out as a .577” double Express rifle? The barrels are stamped "52", which leads me to think it was originally chambered in .450 BPE.
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