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I had a lovely A&N boxlock that was clearly made by Webley, having the screw grip patent.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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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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Sidelock
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How does Evans rank in the second tier of quality if they never made a gun?
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How does Evans rank in the second tier of quality if they never made a gun? I'm just relaying to you the history of the firm. Evans was a shrewd business man with an an eye for quality and connections in the trade. The guns retailed with his name were purchased by some of the most wealthy men in the world, see my add in the classifieds here for a paradox gun built for the Maharaja of Kotah. Evans could provide any level of British gun a customer so desired, he just did not build the himself. As I said earlier, they same is true of WJ Jeffery. This is in no way a knock of these makers, H&H did not have its own factory until the 1890's. This is simply the way the trade worked at the time. There have been several recent discussions on the board about what constitutes a gunmaker vs gun retailer. https://www.doublegunshop.com/forum...=super+magnum&Search=true#Post607099
Last edited by SKB; 01/11/22 10:15 AM.
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