He was indeed primarily a barrel maker working for WW Greener in Birmingham. He was involved in some of Greeners winning guns in the trials set up by the Field magazine in 1875 (in Gt. Britain) and later for Lincoln Jeffries' guns. It seems I have seen a very limited number of complete guns by Wm. Ford. I have serial numbers and addresses if you want it (courtesy of N. Brown)

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