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Off the cuff and I reserve the right to be wrong. "makeprofit" = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. "MA/M/R" = 12 pounds/1 Shilling/6 pence and was the wholesale cost of the gun. Could be the price was 16 pound/10 shillings, a profit of around 35%.
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I thought I'd resurrect this old thread for a smallbore A&N question rather than start fresh.
I recently arranged to purchase a 16 gauge A&N BLNE with 28" damascus barrels. The serial number is 141XX.
That is about all the information I have at this point. To me, the action looks like a typical W&S. Google isn't turning up much on A&N serial numbers. I emailed the archivist at Glasgow last week, but I haven't heard back.
Do any of you have a guess as to when this gun was made?
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According to Brown Vol I, it was made between 1891 and 1899.
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You will hear from the Glasgow university. They are very good to respond with basic information. And for complete records they will ask for a donation, which is not a bad idea to help support the archives.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Chicago,
Some years ago[Circa 1980] Eley U.K. published records of their cartridge sale over a three year period. These sales figures provide a good indicator as to the % of guns made/in use,by various bore size.
1OG 0.1%
16G 3.2%
20G 3.2%
28G 0.5%
.410 6.0%
12G 87.O5
It can be seen that regardless of maker, with few exceptions, example,Watson a specialist in small bore guns,small bore guns bearing English makers names are few and far between.
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Army and Navy guns were for sale to service personnel and their families and as such they would be pretty widely scattered about the globe manning the Empire on which the sun never set. I would suspect that ammunition availability would be a very important consideration with small bore ammo hard to come by in some the farther flung places. That would make the 12 bore guns a more desirable option. Lagopus.....
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I also bought records of my A&N BLE but sadly the finished coloumn is blank,also theres another coloumn noted as " Soft. " does anybody knows what does it stand for? In my page there are Some osb , jefferey and w & son.
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