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Another excellent Simon Clode photo. This time it shows all the component parts that go to make up a Westley Richards droplock; a 28g in this example. Tim [url=[URL=http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/trw999/media/Fine%20British%20Guns/WestleyRichards28gDroplock_zps39d96961.jpg.html] [/url]][/url]
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And here is a fine example of best quality Ken Hunt engraving on a James Purdey. Tim [url=[URL=http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/trw999/media/Fine%20British%20Guns/Purdey%20Hunt%20Engraved_zpsymkinaj5.jpg.html] [/url]][/url]
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A modest HJ Hussey Imperial Sidelock:
Around the steel no tortured worm shall twine.
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Jay, I too am lucky to own and shoot a Hussey Imperial Ejector. Beautiful guns and deadly on clays and feathers. Mine has a diamond grip and it feels just right in the hand. Very underrated guns in my opinion. Good shooting with yours!
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Eric, Fine guns, indeed. I have two. One in fine original condition the other (with the inlaid gold) had been sleeved and received a butt transplant and now has dimensions identical to the original one. Unfortunately the have spoiled my affinity to Parkers and pretty much every other shotgun I own.
Around the steel no tortured worm shall twine.
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A friend has one of those Imperial Ejectors and I join the chorus immediately upthread. He loaned it to me for a round of trap the other week and, well, it was a real pleasure to handle and even more one to shoot.
fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent
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Shh! Don't let everyone know, they'll all want a Hussey!
One of the underrated best London gun makers from the golden era of 1890 to 1914. HJ has received a bad press as a businessman but there is no doubting his ability as an especially fine master gun maker. His son HH was in the same mould too.
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My great-grandmother's last name was Hussey and when I started looking for an English SLE I learned about HJ and his guns. After a few years searching I found a HJH that was exactly what I was looking for and another one that was in need of a little tlc. Now trying to research the history of the top gun via the family crest engraved in the brass oval.
Around the steel no tortured worm shall twine.
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MacNaughton of Edinburgh. Always turned out a gun of beauty. Tim [url=[URL=http://s1201.photobucket.com/user/trw999/media/Fine%20British%20Guns/J.%20MACNAUGHTON_zpsvs16ux6l.jpg.html] [/url]][/url]
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As did Dickson:-
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