Dear Steve
Thanks for checking.
When I admired a 20 bore Edwinson Green Sidelock Ejector in East Grinstead Guns some years ago I looked in the records up for them.
It was made in 1919 and the notes indicated that it was the first gun completely made in Cheltenham (at least by them- there were other Cheltenham gunmakers in the mid 19th century).
On the other hand a pre First World War pair of Boxlock ejectors is noted as “stocked and finished in Cheltenham”.
It seems likely that with post war re-organisation they either brought their tooling and machinery down from Birmingham, or perhaps bought in equipment from firms that had in the past been their suppliers in the trade.
Unfortunately it is likely to remain mostly guesswork and is now well outside any living memory.
Again many thanks
Parabola
