Originally Posted By: treblig1958
The Best guns and makers are in a world onto their own.


Keep in mind that all makers, by utilizing trade out-workers, could have gotten out a best work gun if they had secured a commission for one. Conversely, the "best gun makers" sold competitively priced guns at one time or another, depending on their marketing strategies.

London built, London proofed, and London sold are three different things. Presence of all three or absence of all three of these things has little to do with best work guns. For example, a Purdey would have all three, while a Scott Premiere might have none (Birmingham built, Birmingham proofed, and sold out of the Birmingham shop).