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Mills Morrison 02-11-2013 08:41 PM

Henry Richards 10 gauge
 
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This gun belonged to my Great Uncle Mills, who gave it to my father in law, who gave it to me. According to Geoffrey Boothroyd and Jim Kelly, this was a minor Birmingham maker. It had some intestinal problems, so it spent a year at Jim Kelly's shop getting put back into shape. I just got it back last week and shot it for the first time this weekend at our gun club. The case was made by an employee of the Southern Railway for Uncle Mills.

George M. Purtill 02-11-2013 08:45 PM

Mills
I think you should sell that gun to me so you can get your wife a Cesar Guerini.
Perhaps I should contact her directly?

Thomas L. Benson Sr. 02-11-2013 09:11 PM

Mills: great gun and nice case.Thomas

Mills Morrison 02-11-2013 09:17 PM

To George:

:rotf::rotf::rotf::biglaugh::biglaugh:

Actually, sentiment aside, that would be a good deal for me, as the very few Henry Richards I found online were not expensive at all. I hear some of the lesser known British makers are good deals and this would be a case in point. I need to get one of those leather sleeves to extend the length to pull a little, but it was fun to shoot.

Julia just joined a clay shooting forum and posted "what kind of skeet gun should I buy?" They all told her an SKB which is what she already has. I told her the guns she has work just fine for her. 3 20's out of 25 don't lie. She shoots better than I do! Of course, most of the Parkers have full chokes.

Mills Morrison 02-11-2013 09:17 PM

Thanks Thomas

Rich Anderson 02-12-2013 09:03 AM

Mills thats a very nice gun and a great family history. I have found that many of the lesser known British gunmakers produced a very high quality gun and are great buys. I recently came across a J. Venables & Son 16ga hammer gun with a Jones underlever for a very good price. Theres not much info on them but its a quality gun.

Once the wife gets a certain Beretta with subguage tubes she will be running 25 straight and on her way to 100 straights.:whistle:

charlie cleveland 02-12-2013 09:20 AM

mills that is a very nice family gun...i really like case and the railroad mans making a place to put two boxes of shells in it...i noticed they were super xx...i see some eleys boxes of tens every once in a while...british gun britsh shells just a thought.....it still amazes me at the beauty in these old guns.... charlie

Mills Morrison 02-12-2013 09:20 AM

Thanks Rich. We have several Berettas.

Mills Morrison 02-12-2013 09:22 AM

Thanks Charlie. I too like how the boxes of shells look in it. She is retired to RST shells now though.


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