VPNAV,
For almost 50years whilst attending Ontario gun shows I must have been asked 50 + times to evaluate guns marked W.Richards. Frankly your gun is perhaps the most sadly neglected and abused example that I have ever seen! In some cases advising owners that their Gun was not by; Westley Richards or W.Richards of Liverpool and that their gun was of nominal value being of Belgian origin,and was likely sold through H&D Folsom of New York, N.Y.
In some instances the net result was; the owners left my table in a huff,implying that I was under valuing their gun for personal gain. To which my standard reply was;" Sorry you feel that way but I would not accept your gun as a gift."
Enjoy your gun, hang it safely on the wall.
Last edited by Roy Hebbes; 05/30/14 04:16 PM.
