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... had his guns made in 14 bore to avoid sharing ammo with other shooters? George V?
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I've heard that story pertaining to Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, up until he abdicated on April 14, 1931.
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I thought you were going to ask who gave the name to the grip....
Apparently, Edward VII...
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I've not heard that one in relation to the British Monarchy. I have viewed the guns in the Royal Gunroom at Sandringham and they were all 12's mainly hammer guns. Except that is for a few rifles and the odd .410. Lagopus.....
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Edward VII, when he was still the Prince of Wales, apparently shared the wives of some of his shooting companions. Don't know why he wouldn't have at least shared some shells with them. 
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Old Tum-Tum as he was known to his friends. In fact Queen Victoria bought the Sandringham estate for him as a diversion to keep him away from ladies of ill repute and actressess. Some people seem to come up smelling of roses every time! Lagopus.....
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Edward VII, when he was still the Prince of Wales, apparently shared the wives of some of his shooting companions. Don't know why he wouldn't have at least shared some shells with them. Huumm- wonder if he used either a loader or a stuffer when boinking his shooting pals wives.. ??
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Wallis Simpson must have been the right caliber for Eddie as he cast off the crown and foresook his royal birthright. JMHO
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To see my guns go to www.mylandco.com Select "SPORTING GUNS " My E-Mail palmettotreasure@aol.com
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In a roundabout way I am sort of indebted to King Edward the V11 for my Wood Bar Purdey. In the 1870s he was a constant visitor to Blankney Hall Lincolnshire which at the time was owned by his good friend the Viscount Henry Chaplin. Now Purdey made Chaplin a four gun set in 1869 and the story goes that Edward V11 had a preference for using No.1 gun of the set, this gun was given more attention in the line of servicing etc. So when the Estate was broken up to pay Chaplins debts because he was in inveterate gambler. This gun was better placed to survive to the 1960s but only just in fact it was about to be scraped until as a young man I was stupid enough to spend oodles of cash which I could least afford to purchase and restore it.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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Wallis Simpson must have been the right caliber for Eddie as he cast off the crown and foresook his royal birthright. JMHO
George Different Edward, George. Edward VII was Queen Victoria's son, and the one who gave driven shooting a significant boost in popularity. He spent his time waiting to become king chasing women and shooting birds. Not bad pastimes, those.
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