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Willam Ford BLE
#672533 03/07/26 11:25 PM
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Any ideas on who made actions in 1950’s for William Ford BLE? Have read that Wright and Sons did a lot for Churchill, Gallyon, Hellis, Cogswell & Harrison. Any details would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Ducks Rx
Any ideas on who made actions in 1950’s for William Ford BLE? Have read that Wright and Sons did a lot for Churchill, Gallyon, Hellis, Cogswell & Harrison. Any details would be appreciated.

I'll be interested in this too; a friend just bought a gorgeous little William Ford 16 gauge BLE.
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It depends on what you mean by “made”.

I doubt if they produced their own action forgings.

William Ford had an excellent reputation as a barrel maker to the trade.

It is a guess on my part, but I would be surprised if they were not set up to machine and file the action forgings to shape.

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A picture sometimes helps identify the maker, for example Daniel Leonard made a lot of guns for the trade and his guns often have a distinctive curvature on the back of the action.

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