w richards double barrel shotgun england

This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these. NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). The two part wood stock is walnut and the 12 bore barrels measure 32'.Ĭoming from nearly one hundred years in storage, ready to fully restore or display as is!Ĭartridge Type: Centerfire Shotgun Shells One of the two 'hammers' is a later replacement, but would work which is all that was asked of it. This also reveals serial number 1315 on all parts of the shotgun, as well as the correct Birmingham proof marks for a black powder shotgun. Looking at the barrels confirms that these are indeed spiral laminated steel, which can be seen by removing the fore stock and takin the barrels off. RICHARDS and the barrel rib between the barrels is also marked: This shotgun with two barrels dates from the end of William Richards Bond Street premises. This was the name of their outlet at 170 BOND STREET, LONDON until 1872 when the London Manager William Bishop, known as the 'Bishop of Bond Street' died. This lovely double hammer shotgun was made by the company that later became Westley Richards, but was started in Birmingham by WILLIAM RICHARDS in 1812. This just came out of the attic after a hundred years of storage, together with a couple of hundred other guns.

W richards double barrel shotgun england