English 10 ga.

[Herb Hewlett]

Anyone know anything about Claybourgh or other various spellings of this English 1860 to maybe 1900 shotgun .I'm going to look at one tomorrow,its supposed to be all engraved ,10 ga. in excellent condition?
Thanks, Herb

[Rick Losey]

they made some very nice guns - J P Clabrough bros. was the first name used

it later became Clabrough & Johnstone


see the before and after in the 9th post here
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10490&highlight=clabrough

see gun #326 here for the high end of the maker's work
http://www.cotswoodgunroom.com/stock.php?page=2

[John Campbell]

Herb:
Clabrough, in its various permutations, was a mid-grade gun made in Birmingham. Well built, but not in the class of William Powell or W. & C. Scott's better stuff. Not to say certain Clabrough guns weren't nice... I just acquired one myself, in fact.

Many were imported and sold in the US before the McKinley tarriff. Mostly in the South.

I'd be interested to see the gun if you get it.

[Ken Descovich]

Larry Shelton just published a new book on Clabough shotguns he would be a guy to contact. www.clabrough.com

[Bob Brown]

I have one I use as a wet weather gun. It is a 12 gauge self opening box lock ejector with nitro proofed damascus barrels. Nicer than their average, but I've seen a few better Clabroughs. I bought it at auction for around $250. Someone had cut off a couple inches of the barrels and properly replaced the bead but didn't fill in the keel area. I lifted several shallow barrel dents and filled in the missing keel area. It is a real nice grouse gun. I count it as one of my best bargains.

[Rich Anderson]

I have a 12ga JP Claybough hammer gun. It's a nice light gun with 30 inch damascuss bbls and has very nice wood and engraveing for the money.

[Rick Losey]

Larry Shelton just published a new book on Clabough shotguns he would be a guy to contact. www.clabrough.com

it is a new and updated edition of a book long out of print and nearly impossible to find. looking forward to finally seeing it.

[Ken Descovich]

To my knowledge a book on clabrough shotguns have not been printed before and this is a totally new book that will make any side by side collector happy to have in there library.

[Rick Losey]

To my knowledge a book on clabrough shotguns have not been printed before and this is a totally new book that will make any side by side collector happy to have in there library.

sorry - I certainly didn't intend to get anything started - i have been trading emails with Mr Sheldon about the reprint for nearly a year

the original was done in 1978 and unavailable any where

Lawrence P. Shelton, Clabrough Golcher & Co
Far Far West Publishers, 1978 - 119 pages

listed here
http://books.google.com/books/about/J_P_Clabrough_Bros_Gunmakers.html?id=e9WmHAAACAAJ

or here
http://www.worldcat.org/title/jp-clabrough-bros-gunmakers/oclc/8868056

and discussed here
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=132432&page=1&PHPSESSID=917bfe9791ae4229de6172d7d6ab57c4

[Ken Descovich]

I stand corrected

[Rick Losey]

I stand corrected

go ahead and sit - its no big deal :)

[Ken Descovich]

Thanks my legs were getting tired

[Rich Anderson]

Wasn't JP Claybough & Sons an importer from San Fransisco?

[Rick Losey]

Wasn't JP Claybough & Sons an importer from San Fransisco?


he went home to set up a manufacturing operation in Birmingham's gun quarter

according to the new edition of the books website

"John P. Clabrough was born in England where he learned the gunmaking trade. He traveled to U.S.A. as a young man, worked in a few gunshops there. Finally opened his own gunshop in San Francisco. He moved back to England in 1873 to manufacture shotguns for the american market. His business was a great success. At this time his guns would be hammer guns. He later manufactured hammerless guns. He sold the business to D. V. Johnstone in 1892. Johnstone continued making Clabrough guns and also his own brand. "