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I just found an advert in uk internet for a Tolley in the UK as shown below the price shows what the brits today think of this maker.
Tolley, J. & W. 10 gauge Hammer second hand Shotgun (R/H)
Licence: Shotgun, Barrel: 32"
Origin: English, Chamber: 3"1/2
Trigger: 2, Ejection: NO, Serial #: 6530
A Jones rotary under-lever with rebounding back-action locks. Damascus barrels. Complete with 10 re-loadable brass cartridges.
£2,899 pounds US $4,222 euros 3,473
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Nothing wrong with a Tolley; I have one of his earlier boxlock wildfowling guns (not the Altro) with 2 3/4" chambers and also one of the little 2" boxlock ejectors made in the Skimmin & Wood era but bearing the Tolley name. The earlier stuff was mainly made with the wildfowler in mind. They also made punt guns. I've never seen a bad Tolley. Lagopus.....
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A very belated reply to this old thread, but I've just acquired a Tolley resembling your description but bored-out to 20g and fitted with a concave replacement rib. Still a lovely gun, and a credit to its maker, however. Serial is 5980. The address on the barrels is 1 Conduit Street, so address records suggest 1885-1894, but the original BP proof-marks fit the 1855-1875 rubric.
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Lol, yeah, at 13 years later, I think "very belated" is an apt description of your reply. Wow...is Battle even here anymore?
JR
Be strong, be of good courage.
God bless America, long live the Republic.
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Wiseman's repaired my c.1925 Little of Yeovil side-by-side (made in Birmingham) in 1985, and it is perfect. Then during Covid I bought a Webley 100 16 bore semi-hammerless Keeper's Gun from them, sight unseen. It was made in 1964 and had been 'collected' with three others and never fired.
It has colour case hardening to die for...
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JulesW,
When you say “bored out” did your Tolley start out as a .577” double Express rifle?
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J&W TOLLEY was one of several British gunmakers that exhibited at the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876' For may years I owned Tolley gun #1749 a 10g ball and shotgun made or this exhibition, This remarkable gun was engraved with scenes reflecting life on the frontier. Including on one lock plate, a settler with lasso in pursuit of wild horses on the other a mounted first nation sportsman hunting elk .On the underside of the action a frontiers man is pictured in hand to hand combat with a first nation warrior. Truly a unique and unusual gun. I consider this gun to be perhaps the most interesting find in 60 plus years of collecting. I am in my 90th years but this gun remains fresh in my memory!
Roy Hebbes
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Lol, yeah, at 13 years later, I think "very belated" is an apt description of your reply. Wow...is Battle even here anymore?
JR He was here today, John. By the way, good to see you posting Roy. Best, Ted
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JulesW,
When you say “bored out” did your Tolley start out as a .577” double Express rifle? The barrels are stamped "52", which leads me to think it was originally chambered in .450 BPE.
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Very possibly, but it might also have been chambered for the .577/.450 Martini-Henry cartridge as they too were stamped with a 52 as the nominal bore size.
Last edited by Parabola; 08/04/23 05:24 AM.
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