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mehulkamdar
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Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers
03/07/04 03:10 PM

The post on the 500 Rimmed Mahillon made me think about this - there are some gunmakers whom we read about in glowing terms in some old literature but they some sadly went the way of the dodo in the world wars and others survive but are not well known to most average shooters. I shall list some names that I have heard though I don't know much about and it would be interesting if the better informed members would put their own lists here as well as tell us what they know about these grand old names as well as new names.

Cordy, Pirotte, Mahillon, Elko Armes and Darne are names that I know are gone as is Mahillon. Two names of companies that still exist to the best of my knowledge but that I know very little about are Le Forgeron and Georges Granger.

One that I know about is P Orr and Sons who existed in my hometown of Madras (now renamed Chennai) who sold all of the grand old "name" brands as well as had shotguns and double rifles made by the various incarnations if the Webley and Scott company. The Indian gunsmiths who worked for them all have thriving smaller shops in Chennai now and their sons work for them as well, but the beautiful old shop on Mount Road os now closed forever.

Please post what you know about these and also list any other gunmakers that are no longer with us. Thanks and good hunting!

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Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	03/07/04 03:10 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	470Rigby	05/07/04 12:29 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	NitroX	06/07/04 01:33 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	Marrakai	06/07/04 10:54 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	05/07/04 01:57 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	ALF	05/07/04 04:00 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	06/07/04 02:08 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	pwm	06/07/04 05:27 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	07/07/04 10:29 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	pwm	08/07/04 05:19 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	08/07/04 11:49 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	500grains	09/07/04 08:23 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	pwm	10/07/04 12:46 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	11/07/04 12:49 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	05/07/04 11:04 AM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	470Rigby	05/07/04 05:58 PM
Re: Forgotten and lesser known best gun makers	mehulkamdar	06/07/04 01:28 AM

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