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A friend called me and told me he has a 10 gauge made by W W Forsyth. I am wondering if anyone can tell me about this maker. The gun is a side Lever with 28 inch Damascus barrels. Unfortunately I am not familiar with this maker. Any information is appreciated. I will take a look at the gun tomorrow.
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Apparently imported to US by Powell & Sons of Cincinnati. But the only Forsyth I can trace with a London address is the Rev. Alexander of percussion lock fame. The proof marks should determine origin. Would 28" barrels in a 10g of the damscus era be correct ?
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Would 28" barrels in a 10g of the damscus era be correct ? they could be, although that was on the short side of normal for the day, but 28"s were made, at least by some makers. some 10s were surprisingly light. but if this gun was a lower end import, it would be unlikely. And if the gun is heavy over all, then it is even less likely to be original length
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I will post pictures tomorrow. It seems like from the response this is not a very well known maker. The gun seems to be pretty nice, and of decent quality.
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I will post pictures tomorrow. It seems like from the response this is not a very well known maker. The gun seems to be pretty nice, and of decent quality. Possibly Forsyth was a retailer Phillip ? I know every town in the uk , as well as the rest of europe had a ironmonger who probabily sold guns and shooting equipment as well as general hardware and tools, i believe some of them had guns made up by the british or belgian trade with their own names engraved on them. Just a thought.
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I've got a Forsyth hammer gun that I wasn't able to find much info on. It seemed like it had some connection to the Rev., but the British proof marks were later than he was supposed to be in business. Perhaps the same family?
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My inner Captain Obvious says the most interesting pic, that of the barrel flats, is missing.
That's a 14 bore, not a 10, isn't it?
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I think the Proof Marks are Brumingham 1855 to 1868 ?. Nothing wrong with that of course. As previously posted this is a 14 bore, not a 10. Many of these were chambered as a 12 and usually have loads of meat in the barrels if you had to lap out for reproof. Couple of queries for me tho, that side lever does not really match the hammers in profile, would have thought it should have been finished 'round' and also the ivory bead. Dont know if that is original and my puter skills are not good enough to get a decent close up of the muzzles, certainly looks like there is plenty wall thickness there. Not a bad looking old gun though. Must have a look for B,ham maker or barrel maker AB, that should help to pin it down.
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A quick look for 'AB' was not much help. I did find many barrel-makers named Bayliss around the right period, but no 'A'. Also an Alfred Bruton B'mkr and Arthur Burr, B'mkr. Probably a total wild goose chaseand i am missing the obvious.
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