Great project, Mr Hodges. Were your ancestors alive and making guns today they would no doubt be famous, given their skills.

You may be aware but the March 2001 edition of Shooting Sportsman magazine has a feature article -- "The Guns of Henry Atkin" -- with several pics of an Atkin built for JP Morgan and actioned by EC Hodges with his initials or name stamped on the flats. Good luck with project.