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#608856 01/04/2022 4:05 PM
by Little Creek
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Did Webley and Scott make shotguns for other makers/sellers? Seems I heard they made guns for Wm. Evans, for example. I also handled delivery of two Dickson boxlocks that were not round actions. These were lower priced and looked very much like W & S actions.
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#608866 Jan 4th a 07:09 PM
by Joe Wood
Joe Wood
Just for the sake of illustrating Webley & Scott's dominance in the English gun trade I've often estimated that 75% or more of the guns made in England had some W&S origin. And yes, that would include a number of the lesser well known London "makers" I also suspect that a high percentage of their "unlabeled" guns were totally finished in house. They had the ability to totally make a gun, whether it was rough forging actions and furniture or boring and finishing barrels. Few, if any, of the smaller makers had the financial ability or volume to make an entire gun from scratch.
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#609359 Jan 11th a 10:15 AM
by SKB
SKB
Originally Posted by eightbore
My pair of William Evans' has the Scott screw grip but the gun appears top quality with full sidelocks, stocked to the fences, great engraving and finish etc. Does the screw grip mean it was made by Webley or Scott or could it be made at Evans? No Evans records to search in this serial number range.
William Evans did not make guns, he contracted them out, almost always to Webley. Very similar business model to WJ Jeffery. Evans guns are usually very nice indeed.
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