Originally Posted By: Rocketman
They commenced selling guns around 1835. Their factory produced its first gun around 1890. Where do you suppose the guns for the first 55 years came from? What does pre-1890 advertising say about H&H as a gunmaker?


Now this answers my question. Apparantly it was not uncommon in 19th century England to use the term gun maker or manufacturer even if one only supplied a custom ordered and high spec'd finished gun from elsewhere up to that point in time. Sure took a lot of replies to just say this.