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Unread 04-10-2020, 12:04 PM   #81
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Thanks Dean — I appreciate your kind words
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Ron,

A great article! I enjoyed the history you provided on the H&R A&D guns along with the family connection. I can't imagine the gun went unfired and was stored in attics for a long time. I just remember my grandfathers attics in PA and they got fairly warm in the summer. Glad to see the gun is in great condition.

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Ron,

A great article! I enjoyed the history you provided on the H&R A&D guns along with the family connection. I can't imagine the gun went unfired and was stored in attics for a long time. I just remember my grandfathers attics in PA and they got fairly warm in the summer. Glad to see the gun is in great condition.

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Thank you Ken. Others have made the same observation about the storage method. And I think most people believe you should never store a gun in its leather case. I'm no expert but that's how this gun was stored for over 50 years and it is perfect except for some wear caused by it rubbing against the contact areas inside the case.
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John -- when do you expect your book to be available? I'm looking forward to obtaining a copy. -- Ron
Ron & Others:
Well... The wait is finally over! Copies of my new book, Birth of The Boxlock are now available from Mowbray Publishing:

https://gunandswordcollector.com/pro...xlock-shotgun/



The untold story of the A&D boxlock and how Parker and H&R figure into the tale of Anson & Deeley's immortal gun can now be told. I hope you all enjoy it!!

Best, John C.


PS: If you order online through Mowbray's/link above, please be sure that the "Ship to Another Address" box is UNCHECKED before you submit the order. It's currently pre-checked, and will hang up your otherwise correct order unless you UNCHECK it!
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This publisher's description may provide a more fulsome perspective on the book's theme and contents:

"The Birth of the Boxlock Shotgun–The Inside Story of Anson & Deeley, Westley Richards, Harrington & Richardson, and the Perfection of the Hammerless Action by John Campbell

"The story of three 19th-century English gentlemen [William Anson, John Deeley & Edwin Anson] and the guns they made and how these remarkably creative men sired a shooting heritage that most of us take for granted today. They were amazing craftsmen, businessmen, and artists. But like all of us they led personal lives fraught with hope, tragedy, victory and defeat. What caused the brilliant engineering alliance between William Anson and John Deeley to devolve into a seemingly obscure end? The surprising answers, and more, can be found in this book–much of it previously unknown, and unpublished. It all adds up to a mesmerizing tale of genius, ambition, triumph and travail!"
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