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Annie's c. 1893 12g William Cashmore sold in 2016
https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjulia/item/3254-394/

Marshall with his Cashmore after the 1897 GAH at Live Birds win



His presentation Cashmore after the 1899 win; Whitworth Steel Tubes with 3 1/4" chambers. Cashmore's Improved Mills System patent No. 17,040 of 1895.



Cashmore's "Nitro Bolt" courtesy of Bro. Daryl

Lots of Cashmore info. comes up in a search here. This shows a highly embellished Cashmore Nitro , albeit slightly obscured by Photobucket.

https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb...true#Post459466

Dr. W. F. Carver, �The Evil Spirit of the Plains� was matched against Capt. A. H. Bogardus by the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co. in a 25-match series in 1883. He and Capt. Bogardus shot 100 targets each in 25 different cities, with Carver winning 19 matches, three tied, and losing three. He used a hammerless 12b Greener then but was shooting a Cashmore 1897-1899.

Entertaining exchange in 1897 after Carver lost to Grimm

Jan. 2 1897 Sporting Life
Charles Grimm defeats Doc Carver in Chicago for the �Cast Iron Metal� using a 12-bore L.C. Smith gun, 7 3/4 pounds, 3 3/4 drams Schultze, l 1/4 ounce No. 7 shot, in U.M.C. Trap shell.
(1 1/4 oz. 3 3/4 Dr. Eq. (1330 fps) in an 8# gun = 29 ft/lbs free recoil)

Jan. 30 1897 Sporting Life
Letter from Carver re: J. �147� L. Winston, �The Wizard of the West�, St. Louis representing Austin Powder Co.
Dr. W. F. Carver wrote a funny letter in a Chicago journal last week, in which he states that Winston could not kill good birds because he had a cheap American machine made gun, and if �147� had used the same kind of imported gun that he did the matches would have been closer. Will Dr. W. F. Carver kindly explain why Charles Grimm, using the same kind of machine made gun (L.C. Smith) as Winston did, managed to kill 98 out of 100 live birds and take the �Cast Iron Medal� away from him? In this match Grimm used the American machine made L.C. Smith gun, while Carver used an imported gun that he advertises free when he gets a chance.
Now if Carver�s gun is so much better than Grimm�s why did he not kill more birds? or was it because the cashless (Carver used a Cashmore) gun was only good on hard, fast zig-zig screamers, and not adapted for soft easy duffer birds? The �Evil Spirit� had better think again.

Cornell Pubs has 3 Cashmore reprint catalogs
https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/historic-cashmore.php

Some pics, compliments of RM Bill, especially for those of you that, like me, did not know anything about the Cashmore Nitro.

Crazy strange action and an amazing piece of wood.

Interesting infro. c. 1889. Cashmore started the "long forcing cone" movement!!
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Number=157869

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6216763/285595

Cool info. That would be William Cashmore 2.0, however.

I have just bought the book on Gunbroker mentioned in one of the posts
I`ll let know what its like when I get it
I have several casmores

Thanks 6878mm.
If there is any serial No dating charts in there, that info would be most handy to know.

I have a hammer Cashmore that looks just like yours Brent and as far as I have been able to so far ascertain, it was manufactured in the 1940's.

It was part of the estate of a sheep station owner out of Swan Hill. Victoria. Au.

O.M

That recently? I would have guess early 1900s. Mine is stamped for Christchurch. Sure do like the fit and feel of that gun.