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What Clay said! ...and then some!
Peter Orr is a namesake and relative of mine, from another branch of the Orr family tree.
His premises in Madras (now Chennai) complete with clock tower, still exists albeit minus a bit off the rear of the building for a railway station entrance.
Peter Orr was a genuine entrepreneur during the Raj, manufacturing and/or selling ice, firearms, jewellery, silverware, punkahs, anything he could specialize in and make a few rupees. Even had his own record label!
He quickly became the official jeweler and silversmith to several Maharajas, and to the King of Burma after setting up a branch in Rangoon (now Yangon).
When the Prince of Wales visited India in 1876, he was presented with a large silver ewer hallmarked P.Orr, and the firm was immediately appointed silversmiths to the Prince by royal warrant.
There's a long history of such things, and the gun-making (retailing) by P. Orr & Sons is of great interest.

I currently own a Nitro Paradox called "The Oranson", made by G&S Holloway for P. Orr & Sons around a hundred years ago.

A search of these forums should turn up quite a bit of discussion on this maker/retailer, including gun-case trade labels, and the Oranson paradox currently in my custody.

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