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Gun Trade Factories

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Pedrocut said:
The gun experts could comment on 13 bore ?
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Well there is a 13 bore gauge for shot guns. If I recall correctly the larger the number, the smaller the bore. I recall Punt guns were 4 bore, almost like a cannon.

The choke on shotgun is to control how much spread the shot. They can be changed by inserting different choke tubes.
 
Post by Mike in thread 'Ironmongers of the late 19th century'

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J.P.Clabrough & Brothers had two sites. as shown on the invoice. Joseph Clabrough started out as a gunmaker in the 1867 PO directory at 5, New buildings, Price St, but by 1872 it was Claborough Bros.irm lost the St Mary's square address and became J.P.Clabrough Bros & Johnstone. By 1900 J.P.Clabrough & Johnstone had moved to 7½ St Mary's Row, and by 1903 to 3 Price St. and then by 1921 to 16-17 Loveday St, and by 1932 to 91,92 Lower Loveday St, where it remained till the late 1940s
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Around 1868 Joseph Clabrough was situated in England and relocated to Birmingham to establish himself as a gunmaker.
In April 1868..J.P. traveled to England, returning stateside in late July. It appears his visit was to arrange to have guns made in Birmingham to his specifications and marked “J.P. Clabrough & Bro. San Francisco.” Joseph, who also had been trained as a gunsmith by his father, joined the business to oversee the logistics and to ship the guns to San Francisco…..In 1871 J.P. returned to Birmingham, where he rented a large shop at 8 Whittall Street (gunmaker Ebenezer Hollis’s premises until his death, in 1869) and set up a factory…”
 
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Hi Dek Carr, apologies for jumping in but I'm following your comments on the gun factory trade. I was wondering if you may be able to assist with locating the factory where a William smith may have been employed, he was a gun barrel filer and resided in the Victoria rd area of Aston. Any help is appreciated.
 
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