British Sporting Firearms Articles
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.
Thomas Miller - Sunderland
Thomas Miller - Sunderland. A quality maker often overlooked, with low production.
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David Neale
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Cox and Clarke - Southampton
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.
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David Neale
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William Rochester Pape
William Rochester Pape - Newcastle Muzzle Loading Conversion to Breech-loader
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David Neale
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The Breech Loading Armoury Company (Limited) of London
Dual-Fire Ignition systems invented to assist with transition of the breechloader
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Stephen Nash
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Thomas Horsley - Single
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.
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David Neale
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The Attraction of the British Game Gun
The explanation of desirability of the British Game Gun
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Stephen Nash
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