I wonder if your friend told you of the Malin Gun made for and accepted by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his marriage to the late Princess Dianna.The gun was a 16.G; S.L.E;Proof tested in Birmingham & made exactly to the Princes specifications. The gun was wonderfully engraved by Ron Collings.The British magazine, "Shooting Times" of the period, contains an article by the Late Geoffrey Boothroyd describing this gun and Malins business in Canada. By the way I was a frequent visitor to the Malin shop when located in Melborne. The stockers who worked on the early Melborne guns were, David Catchpole[ Ex:Holland & Holland and Gallyons]sadly deceased and Arthur Troth an absolute wizard from the Birmingham trade, who I am pleased to say still practices his trade. A man I might add that I am privileged to call a friend.
