Thread: an old one but a bloody good one

no,this is the only one i have.i have corresponded with david baker who wrote the book "thomas Horsley-Gunmaker of york", a copy which i have.in his book he says the last known use of the patent for 'loading indicators" was in 1883, of course i flicked him an email to say i have one made in 1887,and it was built on a anson deely action,as he had also said there were only 6 known examples of t.horsleys using this patent.he emailed me back confirming the date of manufacture and also the name of the chap who commissioned to have the pair built.i bought from someone who had ye old grandfathers gun. as to the damascus,i am not about to see whether it is false or not.i do have a bloody interesting gun,a french 24ga. which has false damascus barrels,the pattern sands off as does ordinary damascus.i agree with you chop3r the patterns are similar.the gun is an ideal(id-dee-al) made by manufrance,-again i have a booklet showing all the models, and yes you could order a gun with false damascus barrels.however i am not sure whether this fashion extended to english guns. i will put up a picture later on of the horsley.i do have a 1877 greener with damascus i shoot with,2 1/2 loads 1 oz and never a problem.

Cheers. With true damascus you will see the lines where the barrel was wrapped so to speak. Still an interesting shotgun though