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This is the Curtis design.
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Thank you for all the input , interesting to note that William Palmer Jones is credited by many to have been the inventor in 1889 .
William Ford , barrel maker to W.W.Greener I believe made a trygun in 1870 so he may have been the actual inventor.
I also recently learned that W.P.Jones may have actually patented many inventions and ideas that were actually those of William Baker 1858 -1932 of 7 Bath Street Birmingham.
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Steve Helsley ,
Do you have any more details please , a link to the patent ?
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The link that Reverend Drew posted is a picture of Curtis try gun #4. My Parker Curtis try gun is #5. Drew, what make of gun is #4? I have always doubted that my #5 is the fifth Parker try gun he built. My guess is that A.P. Curtis numbered his guns in his order, not within a brand.
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Drew ,
That type of articulation was often manufactured by John Wilkes Gunmaker London . H&H have a number of them .
The other more common type of mechanism was and still his today manufacturer by Wiseman Gunmakers formerly of B'Ham , now of Cannock in the West Midlands .
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Yup, Drew, I have had this $18,000 (asking) gun in my hands, and the owner would not sell. My Parker has a little more suspected provenance, is also not for sale. But $18,000? I don't know. I think it may be time to sell. How old is this ad?
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