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transvaal
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Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made
27/06/13 02:06 PM

The earliest records for William Richards of Liverpool are of 1877 for serial number 6788. Your rifle would be early 1870's or late 1860's, probably 1870-71.

W. Richards was a prolific maker of inexpensive guns and apparently a few rifles, with shops in Preston and Liverpool. It is a good guess that he did not make this rifle but bought it from the Birmingham trade who made it for Richards and engraved it with his name and address----this was common among regional gunmakers.

The W. Richards company survived to 1951.

Business name and records are held by Chris Caine t/a W Richards (Gunmaker), Liverpool at Sherwood House, 4 Main Street, Bishop Wilton, Yorks YO 42 iRX Tel/Fax 01759 305088. (Source: Vol 2 "British Gunmakers"--Nigel Brown)

Regards;
Steve

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W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	buckstix	27/06/13 01:21 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	transvaal	27/06/13 02:06 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	buckstix	27/06/13 03:10 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	transvaal	27/06/13 03:17 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	underlever	27/06/13 04:26 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	500Nitro	27/06/13 04:41 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	buckstix	29/06/13 06:34 AM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	500Nitro	29/06/13 08:13 AM
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Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	buckstix	29/06/13 01:48 PM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	buckstix	13/07/13 12:52 AM
Re: W. Richards 577/500 Double Questions - Who & When Made	500Nitro	27/06/13 01:46 PM

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