Update 15th April
2015
Welcome to our pre-Southern
Side by Side Spring Classic 2015 Update.
Firstly, just a
brief reminder that unless you have updated it in the last few weeks, the link
to our web site in your ‘Favourites’ may not work anymore. Just follow this
link www.heritageguns.co.uk, save the
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Guns.
Also a reminder that
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Facebook is not everybody’s cup of tea but we will post photos and news there
that are not relevant to our main web site pages.
Spring has arrived
with a vengeance in East Anglia: summer-like temperatures and clear blue skies
have convinced any doubting garden bulbs to burst in to bloom and the garden is
a picture. My wife Chrissy could not resist filling a couple of vases with
garden blooms and they have really brightened up our home after the grey of
winter.
As regards the
Troublesome Twosome, life has become rather more relaxed with the end of Tilly’s
first season. Thankfully, Moss never really caught on but just in case, they
were kept apart unless under close supervision. With the return to ‘normal
service’ they can be left together without concern, although Tilly does
occasionally regress to puppy-hood and insists on a style of play that Moss
does not enjoy. His attempts to avoid the worst of her attentions by hiding
behind a human can be quite painful if one is not paying attention.
We are only a little
over a week away from the Southern S/S Spring Classic and I shipped 6 cases of
show stock from London Heathrow yesterday. Now everything has gone, I have a
few days of normality before flying out myself to join then on 22nd.
This event has gone
from strength to strength over the last 5 years and I am very proud to sponsor
the Black Powder event. This year the winner and runner-up awards are
embroidered Heritage Guns gunsmithing aprons as modelled by yours truly at all
our shows. However these will be specially designed ones with the event’s
details arranged around our logo. I thought these would be particularly
appropriate for a black powder event as cleaning guns afterwards can be a very
messy business!
As to the guns you
will be able to enjoy there:
Watson
Bros 28b Hammergun no 4606
William
Evans 28b Hammergun no 2083
A
fine 12b, damascus barrelled SLE by the Scottish
‘maker Charles Ingram no A5079
Boss
& Co 12b RUL hammergun no 2717
Boss
& Co 16b RUL Hammergun no 1692
Boss
& Co 12b Back-action SL no 3976
A
spectacular FT Baker Needham patent 12b SLE, a real sleeper;
Another
sleeper, a Henry Atkin Thumblever Hammerless Sidelock with masses of original
colour;
A
very beautiful cased, toplever 12b SLE by Henry Atkin with ‘makers replacement
steel barrels;
A
Stephen Grant sidelever 12b SLE with lovely replacement wood;
A
very rare 16b Murcott ‘Mousetrap’ with 30” damascus
barrels;
A
lovely cased toplever H&H Royal 12g;
Another
12b H&H SLE, this time a Perkes patent action;
A
12g Roper & Sons, Gibbs & Pitt patent sidelock with damascus
barrels choked Full & Full;
A
cased 12b J Purdey & Sons SLE;
A
Murcott 12b hammergun with 30” damascus barrels;
A
damascus barrelled BLE by Perkes Adams & Co in
wonderful condition with some CH remaining:
A
very pretty 16b BL by Chas Osborne & Co:
And last but very
much not least
3”
nitro proof RUL hammergun by Edmund Woods, a wildfowler if ever I saw one.
Full details can be
found via links on the Stock Page.
Most of the guns
mentioned above are nitro proofed for 2 3/4" cartridges and all are
pre-1897.
Anyway, I look forward
to seeing old friends and new at the Southern.
Travel safely!
Toby Barclay
Links to our show venues
can be found on our Home page.