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Clabrough & Johnstone 20 ga Single Shot Shotgun RARE

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Clabrough & Johnstone 20 ga Single Shot Shotgun RARE
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Clabrough & Johnstone 20 ga Single Shot Shotgun RARE

Nice light little 20 gauge shotgun built in the Birmingham factory in the 1887 to 1896 period
according to the proof marks on the watertable.

Has the number 40 stamped under barrel - serial number?

Beautiful condition exposed hammer single shot rifle.
30 inch barrel with nice fine checkered stock.

Stock shows very little marks and no cracks - Has silver crest shield unengraved

Ontop of barrel is stamped Clabrough & Johnstone Makers London & Birmingham

Douglas Johnstone owned a small gun factory in Birmingham when, with some
financial help from his father, he bought Clabrough. Johnstone changed the business
name to J.P. Clabrough & Johnstone, but he sold guns under at least three names:
J.P. Clabrough & Bros., Clabrough & Johnstone, and D.V. Johnstone.
From his advertising, we know that his guns were marketed in Spain, France, Austra
lia, Russia, Germany and the Persian Gulf.

Johnstone also saw a new opportunity in North America: Canada, where he made
a deal with the Hudson Bay Company. Johnstone and the next owner of Clabrough
built guns for the HBC until at least 1925.