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Mr. Buckley:
In British Gunmakers Vol. 2, Nigel Brown lists a William Field at 118 Unett St. , B'ham around 1881. Also a Wm. Field Armsmaker at 16 New Bldgs., Price St. from 1913 - 17. And a Wm. Field Gun and Riflemaker at 30 Staniforth St. in 1838. One of these may be your Field Rifle Co. Most likely one of the first two... |
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I'm pretty sure the dates and addresses I posted above are correct. They were directly attributed to the Field Rifle Company which was managed by William Field. If you want to look up the patents they are 1,927 of 1877; 2,646 of 1883; 7,502 of 1888; 4,704 of 1898; and 11,468 of 1898. 7502 was a joint patent with C.H. Laubenburg whose C.H. Laubenburg and Co, also made Field's patent rifles and operated out of the same 2 King Alfred's Place from 1885-1892. This from the book "English Gunmakers, The Birmingham and Provincial Gun Trade in the 18th ad 19th Century"by De Witt Bailey and Douglas A. Nie.
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there is a Field gun, a 16, I think, on the Vintage Doubles web site.
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A Damascus 28 bore by any maker is a pretty rare item, especially a hammer gun. If I were you I would act very quickly and BUY THAT GUN.
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Fields single shot actions were used by various English company's to build rifles. Saw a beautiful Holland & Holland on the Fields action at this years antique show in Las Vegas. I own a 450 1/4 BPE build on a Fields action and it's a lot of fun to shoot.
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Thanks for the information every one has provided. Don't worry Dean, I'm not letting the gun get away.
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Good!
I hope you post pictures when you get it. .
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Well Dean it took me short of 5 years but I am finally in possession of this nice 28 gauge and here are the promised pictures. The gun sports a 29 1/2" barrel choked .001 and .004 and nitro proofed for 2 3/4" shells and 950 Bar. The gun weights 5lb 6oz. Well worth the wait.
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