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As above,Evans` are closing their London shop 31st Jan according to news media.

Sorry to hear that. I really admire the vintage rifles and shotguns they made. I haven’t seen so much of their recent work. Either way it’s sad for a historic maker to close.

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I remember looking in their windows about 50 years ago, when stringent security was less of an issue, and admiring a couple of Mannlicher Schoenauer carbines stood in the rack with Parker Hale cleaning rods inserted in the muzzles as they were too short otherwise to fit in the rack.

The good news is their Bisley branch is staying open.

So, William Evans is not going under. They are closing one of their retail outlets. I remember when Evans started selling non London made guns for less than their London guns. What year was that? The London guns were retailing for Purdey prices at that time. Not too long ago, the London priced guns disappeared from their catalogs. I guess they closed the shops that built guns from scratch, and started finishing up the Spanish or Italian guns, or whatever they were. Hopefully, they were not Turkish. What, exactly, will Evans be doing now? I will continue to shoot my pair of Evans sidelocks without regard to their future resale value.

Sounds like the high rent facility got to be too high rent. Bet those business rates drop right down when an immigrant selling black sesame oil, camel milk, and khat moves in.

Hope the remaining location can keep it going.

Best,
Ted