Certainly the maker is R W Brookes, who worked out of glamorgan swansea around 1874. Nothing fancy back action pinfire with no extractors rotary under lever. I mostly buy a lot of beat up old guns to practice working on different problems and mechanisms.
Aside from a name address and date i know nothing about the maker and have seen no other examples of his work. When made it was probably of reasonable quality, at some point a crack developed at the wrist which was repaired with selous type plates. At some point the stock was shortened and i assume it got some heavy use as the barrels are in poor condition but still original length and have an unusual pattern, not twist not damasc, i would assume they are very poor quality but they look rather striking.
When i received it the ribs were lifting and the gap had been filled with wood putty/filler. The barrels were pitted on the outside. One hammer snapped. Barrels off the face. Everything covered in varnish pitted or rusting.
Ribs have now been re laid. Barrels re jointed. Barrels re browned. Hammer is being welded up. stock has been lengthened. Sympathetically cleaned up. I am under no illusion that i still have the same gun, a beat up old pinfire, it just looks rather nice and has been a good avenue for practice.
Cheers for your reply
Last edited by Demonwolf444; 10/19/14 08:16 PM.
