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I recently stumbled across a John Harper shotgun, and I was wondering what his reputation was. He is not a name I have encountered before, but I believe he worked with/for Churchill. Did he produce many guns and what sort of level of quality were his gun known for?
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John Harper was a very highly thought of out worker in Birmingham and his career spanned from early in the twentieth century into the 1950’s. I believe at one time he was elected Guardian of the Birmingham proof house. He turned out a lot of guns for various “makers”, including quite a number for Churchill. It is fairly rare to encounter his name on a gun though they do turn up occasionally. Years ago I found a wonderful Harper in Las Vegas and the late Jack Rowe was also in town and I asked him about John Harper. Never forgot Jack’s response, “I knew Harper quite well and he turned out good work!” That was endorsement enough for me and I bought the gun. Never regretted it.
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Thanks Joe, I didn't realize he was quite that recent. I would have guessed he was 20-30 yrs earlier, but I have seen only one gun with his name on it.
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