London Calling(william Evans)

[Bill Murphy]

Bill, I love the Evans guns, own a matched pair that are my regular shooting guns. However, I would not recommend a high mileage gun, half of a pair, with a repaired stock and .021 wall thickness to anyone at any price. I agree that Kirby is an upfront guy, but this gun would not be for me. I would have sent this message by PM, but then the other posters would not hear another opinion contrary to theirs. This gun probably has a Webley screw grip action, a wonderful design, but possibly made by Scott, not Evans. To be honest, my excellent sidelock Evans guns may have been made by Scott also, not a detriment to the quality of my guns or yours. Good luck with your purchase.

[Bill Murphy]

Bill, I'm sure that Kirby shared the bore diameters with you, but his ads don't seem to include that important information. For your information, my guns, 1911 guns, measure .731, .731, .731, and .733. I can't locate the wall thickness measurements in my files, but I measured all four at the time of purchase, and they were to me very acceptable figures, certainly not .21 or .022. I think that my guns and yours were probably the nominal .729 or close to that, at the time of manufacture.