Time to buy a bit of history
The late Cyril Adams, who made a fortune selling restored English guns to eager American buyers, recalled walking into Purdey’s one afternoon in search of old guns and being told there was nothing good in.
He noted a pile in the corner and asked about them. “Oh, those are just old hammerguns, nobody wants them” was the reply. Cyril bought them all for a trifling sum and did very well on the other side of the Atlantic. Those were the days!
Cyril was not alone. Several British dealers got in on the act and made a lot of money. Back then you could actually put a pre-1898 shotgun in a box, take it to the post office and send it direct to the buyer
