I HAVE A SIMILAR GUN IN MY COLLECTION WHICH IS STILL IN PROOF.I USE IT ONLY OCCASIONALLY BUT IS STILL AN EXCELLENT GUN FOR WILDFOWLING.
THE NUMBER IS 18703.DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN IT WAS MADE?
I ALSO HAVE A BOXLOCK N/E IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.THESE GUNS WERE REALLY WELL MADE,THIS PARTICULAR GUN WAS EXPORTED TO A LE SUM&CO IN TAIWAN IN 1948.THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY ROWLAND WATSON WHO HAD TAKEN OVER THOMAS WILD IN ABOUT 1979.I BOUGHT IT IN WARWICKSHIRE IN 1974.IT WAS PROBABLY BOUGHT BY A BRIT LIVING OUT THERE FOR SECURITY
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT VALUE THESE GUNS ARE WORTH NOW.MAYBE SOMEONE HAS AN IDEA?
I AWAIT A REPLY.
WOODY.
Thanks for your comment. If you send me pics of the proofmarks on the one you use for wildfowling, I’ll see if I can give you an idea of when it was made.
If you send a bunch of pics of both, I can try and give you a value.
I HAVE A SIMILAR GUN IN MY COLLECTION WHICH IS STILL IN PROOF.I USE IT ONLY OCCASIONALLY BUT IS STILL AN EXCELLENT GUN FOR WILDFOWLING.
THE NUMBER IS 18703.DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN IT WAS MADE?
I ALSO HAVE A BOXLOCK N/E IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.THESE GUNS WERE REALLY WELL MADE,THIS PARTICULAR GUN WAS EXPORTED TO A LE SUM&CO IN TAIWAN IN 1948.THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY ROWLAND WATSON WHO HAD TAKEN OVER THOMAS WILD IN ABOUT 1979.I BOUGHT IT IN WARWICKSHIRE IN 1974.IT WAS PROBABLY BOUGHT BY A BRIT LIVING OUT THERE FOR SECURITY
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT VALUE THESE GUNS ARE WORTH NOW.MAYBE SOMEONE HAS AN IDEA?
I AWAIT A REPLY.
WOODY.
Hi Woody,
Thanks for your comment. If you send me pics of the proofmarks on the one you use for wildfowling, I’ll see if I can give you an idea of when it was made.
If you send a bunch of pics of both, I can try and give you a value.
You can send pics to me at this address:
gregg@dogsanddoubles.com
Thanks
Gregg