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I can post this knowing you won't have seen it before because I only bought it last week. As you may recall that I collect locally made guns from Derby. Charles Rosson was the most prolific and he had two sons; Percy James and Charles Stanley. The latter son then took over the former business of Edwin Wilson trading at 13, Rampant Horse Street, Norwich. For a while they were trading as 'Charles Rosson & Sons of Derby and at Norwich'. The Norwich business started in around 1913. Norwich in Norfolk is a noted game shooting area and was close to a number of important shooting estates such as the Royal residence at Sandringham. Also, being a coastal county it had access to quite a range of wildfowl shooting. An ideal place to do business. Sadly, at some time around the death of the father there came a split in the relationship of the two brothers. Charles Jnr. carried on at Norwich and Percy remained with the Derby shop. It is said that neither brother would recognise the existence of the other. The Norwich shop continued trading until bombed out in 1940 but continued working from another Gunmaker's premises in Norwich called Gallyon's (still in business but now trading in outdoor clothing although guns can still be made with the Gallyon name). C.S.Rosson went into business in the early 1950 with the cartridge maker Charles Hellis. This gun, according to the serial number, was made in 1929. It is a 3 inch magnum chambered gun with 30 inch barrels and weighing in at 7 pound 1 ounce and bored 1/2 and Full choke. The flat file cut rib and side clips tend to indicate a Live Pigeon Trap Gun. Such practice was outlawed in England in 1922 so I suspect that the action was one that was made earlier and then finished as possibly a gun for shooting coastal wildfowl. I picked it up as a private buy for £300 and have so far shot it at clays where it performed well.

That's Nice!

That's about $400 in our money! That is outstanding! The workmanship is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

I thought you were visiting Canada?

That is one fine addition

Beautiful! keep them coming, we don't see things like that around here.

sakodude wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2026 10:05 pm Beautiful! keep them coming, we don't see things like that around here.

Oh so not true plenty of guns with bloody English stocks....lol
Sorry couldn't resist

I said around here. You live in a different world out there.

It's sad in a way that guns here have gone down in value. Good for me collecting but bad as an investment. I logged in to a local auction site the other day: Lanber O'U 12 bore with slip, cartridge belt, cleaning kit etc. Estimate £80 -£100 remained unsold so anyone's for the low estimate or near offer. Webley & Scott made 12 bore double hammer gun made for Graham of Inverness; estimate £40 -£50 sold for £25. And one to hurt you all; a boxed unfired modern made Colt .44 cap and ball revolver with all the paperwork; estimate £40 -£60 sold for £75!! Ouch!! I'll dig something else out and post soon.

Lovely piece of work...

That is spectacular as all of your posts. Thanks for sharing. You ALMOST make me want to move to the UK just to own all those lovely guns that are basically unobtainable here…