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Miller, was it Ellis who made the Winchester hammer doubles ?
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This is a Winchester Class C Miller. The first two orders of guns Winchester imported were made by C.G. Bonehill, and were in five grades from Match Gun down to D-quality. In 1882 a third order was acquired from Richard Redman. Winchester also imported guns from W.C. McAntree & Co. and W.C. Scott & Sons.  Laminated Steel barrels 
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Drew;
Thank you; C G Bonehill was the name I was trying to think of, just went blank & couldn't come up with that name. I have a "Piece" of an old hammer Bonehill. Missing the wood, one complete lock & the hammer on the other one. Looks as if many miles ago it may have started life as a decent gun, certainly not a "Best" but not Junk then.
Miller/TN
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The fore-end cap could depend on what year the hammer gun was made. But the odds are the material used on fore-end cap was hard rubber, like the butt plates. When this hard rubber material was introduced early in Clabrough's career he embraced it and used it extensively,
the higher grades had more detail designs. I had one fall off on a medium grade Clabrough while shooting skeet. Some times with wood shrinkage and age the recoil will dislodge it. I am the author of the Clabrough book Daryl Hallquist referred to in a previous PM. I would like to add this gun to my spread sheet study. If you look at my web site Clabrough.com their is a form for information I'm looking for.
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Call Brad Bachelder. He might know, and can do it. He's replaced tips for me and did very nice work. 1-616-459-3636
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I think the correct term for hard rubber is vulcanite.
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Drew;
Thank you; C G Bonehill was the name I was trying to think of, just went blank & couldn't come up with that name. I have a "Piece" of an old hammer Bonehill. Missing the wood, one complete lock & the hammer on the other one. Looks as if many miles ago it may have started life as a decent gun, certainly not a "Best" but not Junk then. You are right about the quality of C.G. Bonehill shotguns. I shoot a Bonehill SLE gun circa 1930. No, it is not a best, however, the quality is quite good. It is a pleasure to shoot and a very nice handling gun. It has a triple bolting system which may be overkill, but, is nice to have.
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Bonehill made guns throughout the entire spectrum from plain machine made pieces to decent high end stuff. All well made guns. Lagopus.....
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