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Unread 08-11-2018, 11:48 AM   #11
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Chris Dawe,

If you are empowered to, I think we'd love to see some pics of that gun, given your description of it.

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Unread 08-12-2018, 07:27 AM   #12
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it's in pieces right now I'll see what I can do
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Ted S on the other forum may help.
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Those ducks and the grouse look identical to the ones engraved on my Aubrey.
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Those ducks and the grouse look identical to the ones engraved on my Aubrey.
I just got a Model 53, Meriden 16, 2 blade damascus, made in 1919, the ducks look much the same as on my gun, but the seller credited Gough with the engraving. And we all know that sellers, may not be right, but at least they are sure of themselves!,
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Right, and the Aubrey was also manufactured in Meriden, CT.





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Meriden duck attributed to Gough
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It seems like Tobin Arms Mfg. Co. was trying to save money on printing blocks as they used the same pictures for the No. 45 Premium Grade --

Catalogue No. 206. No. 45 Premium Grade.jpg

and the No. 50 Special Pigeon Grade --

Catalogue No. 206. No. 50 Special Pigeon Grade.jpg

This from Catalogue No. 206. The only other catalogue I have from the Connecticut company is Catalogue No. 307 which is virtually identical except for a different cover. I suspect their numbering system means this is their second catalogue and it was put out in 1906 and their third catalogue was put out in 1907. Perhaps their is a No. 105 and a No. 408 out their somewhere. From the Ontario company I know of a large Catalogue No. 110 (the first catalogue they put out and it was in 1910?) and two nearly identical pocket catalogues No. 211 and No. 311.
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,my engraver was highly impressed with the scrollwork which pictures don't do justice ..

In one of his catalogs, G.B. Crandall, the gunsmith who continued to produce Tobin doubles after the company went belly up states -- "We are especially fortunate in having our Mr. J.B. Walker an engraver who has devoted years of study to this art in the best gun plants in England, and who by special aptness through a love of nature in all its moods has developed a skill that enables him to depict in life-like realism those scenes so dear to the sportsman's heart."
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Awesome Mark. I think that is first gun I have seen engraved with a Shoveler Duck or is that a Merganser. That is rare.

Second thought that could be a Ruddy duck. Can't make out the tail. It looks like a Brittanies. Just kidding that is neat old engraving.

Ya know gun makers will sometimes name their guns after a game animal and sometimes owners will nickname their guns. You got a candidate.

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