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Tim Cartmell
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by Tim Cartmell
Tim Cartmell
Does anyone know if it was a common practice in the past with English vintage guns, for gunmakers from small firms to use barrels made and labelled by a different maker? Or would this likely just indicate an instance of replacement barrels after the fact, possibly to change from damascus barrels to fluid steel barrels? Ive seen a couple instances of guns for sale where an action was made by one gunmaker, and the barrels are labelled as made by another. I wouldn't think a gunmaker would brand with someone else's name on the barrels, unless it was a legal thing or marketing ploy. Just curious.

Tim
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by Rocketman
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Tim, not to be pedantic, but I'm not sure you are aware of the "makers to the trade." They specialized in parts, all parts. A brand name maker could buy anything from a pin (screw) to a finished gun with his name on it. Some are little known and some, Webley and Scott, for instance, are quite well known. For the right money, one could have anything from a colonial grade BLNE to a best SLE with one's name on it. I think it rather unusual, although not unheard of, for a name maker to sell parts or a finished gun to a rival. Of course, some makers made a pretty penny off sale of patent use.

I expect you could find several examples of any scenario of "mismatch" you could dream up. Good barrels were valuable and always in demand. Far better to judge the quality of the parts and the integrity of the whole rather than the "righteousness" of the match-up.

DDA
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