Hi Steve, many thanks for posting for me. I spent an hour today browsing through some old (relatively!) Southams catalogs, and found some pinfire lots. I will put them all on here, as they did not have accompanying photographs. Some will be very scarce on info, but if I use the lot description, perhaps you can weed out the wheat from the chaff? Regards Dave
14b Pinfire D/B shotgun by Ebrall, Shrewsbury. This would have been Samuel Ebrall ?. Southams 19th September 1996. No Visible Number.
14b pinfire D/B shotgun by Erskine ,Newton Stewart. S/No. 1619 Southams 19th September 1996.
14b pinfire D/B shotgun by Wiggan & Elliott (built on Elliotts patent action, pat. 1782 of 1863). Whitworth Steel Barrels. NVN. Southams March 1998.
12b Pinfire D/B shotgun by Harvey of Exeter. Re-staocked. browned damascus barrels, NVN Southams March 1998.
12b Pinfire D/B shotgun by S W Berry. (That would be Sharman West Berry, Woodbridge, Suffolk) NVN. Southams March 2000. (I had, until recently, a Joseph Berry, Worksop, pinfire).
12b Pinfire D/B shotgun by Jos. Harkom. 30" damascus barrels, game scene engraved, Jones Underlever, S/No. 563. (No.1 of pair) Southams September 2000.
14b pinfire D/B shotgun by Smith & Alden, . NVN. CASED, with accessories. Southams 21st June 2001.
12b pinfire D/B sporting gun by H. Holland. NVN. Southams 21st March 2002. (I sold a H Holland pinfire at Ryedal auctions in the last 18 months, will try to retrieve the full info on it).
My apologies for the very scarce info, but sadly the smaller auction rooms treated old pinfires, and hammer guns, as merely wallpieces! Hence the lack of detail. Most of these little catalogs did not have photographs in them. As we move on to better stuff, I,m hoping my wife will help me scan the catalog entry, and any pictures.
Regards dave
