Army & Navy Co-Operative Store, Limited (A&N CSL)was started as a private (think club) co-operative store for Brit military officers to buy wine at fair prices before heading out into the empire. The idea was successful and soon the store was handling all kinds of goods that appealed to officers. Sporting guns appeal to officers!! So, the store opened a gun department. They seem to have bought heavily from W&S, the reprint of the W&S 1914 wholesale catalog is handy in id'ing various models. Most of the gun department records are held at the archives of Glasgow Univ. and are available for a modest archivest fee; they send you a photocopy of the page your gun is on, which means you get a whole bunch of guns.
Last edited by Rocketman; 04/02/08 07:57 AM.
