Look you guys...Those actions for sale on Gavin's auctions are more than hunks of metal. I got up from bed thinking about them. You see...someone made them and intended them to be sent to somebody in London. Someone collected them as they were made (or not finished) and catalogued them and saved them. You just don't get get chunks of UK gunsmithing industrial history presented to you in one whack like this everyday. I'm a former intelligence officer and the questions obviously come up:

-- who made them
-- why?
-- for whom?
-- when? (it looks to me from 1870's to 1890's)
-- who collected them?
-- The steel is analyzed.....is there a historical reference to the quality?
-- Are there records?
-- What is the history - verbal? written?

I have written to Gavin asking to be put in contact with the seller....don't play laymen games with "I'm smarter than you" or "I'll validate myself by invalidating you" and get down to the nitty gritty. Find out who consigned those actions and the story behind them.





Last edited by Argo44; 12/06/19 03:00 AM.
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