Explore our collection focused on British Sporting long arms — from early muzzle loaders to the rise of the breech‑loading Sporting gun — with history, makers, and technical details.
Westley Richards - 14 bore Muzzle-loader, conversion to Breech-loader
Alexander Thomson - An early breech-loader saved from de-activation
Masu Brothers - London, What makes a British Gun ?
Thomas Miller - Sunderland. A quality maker often overlooked, with low production.
Cox and Clarke - Southampton The Practical Gunmakers This big bore Wildfowl gun started life as a muzzle loader over 175 years ago. The gun has no name, other than an inscription on the top of the barrel, that reads; Converted by Cox and Clarke the Practical Gunmakers - 28 High Street Southampton.
William Rochester Pape - Newcastle Muzzle Loading Conversion to Breech-loader
Dual-Fire Ignition systems invented to assist with transition of the breechloader
Thomas Horsley - Single Barrel Pin-fire. An unusual single barrel Thomas Horsley 10 bore Pinfire. This smart looking single barrel shotgun was like so many other single barrels, simply overlooked.
