The best-known names in the British guntrade have the kind of established brand presence that lasts more than a century. Having said that, as jaded gunroom professionals, there are only so many sidelocks from the well-known names they can get excited about. But every so often a gun comes in for appraisal that reignites the flame of passion; that is the reason we got into this game in the first place.
The guns that get some of the foremost experts in classic guns gathering in a huddle of collective admiration tend to come from the same names, and they may not be names you recognise. They are the guns that exhibit qualities and idiosyncrasies that are often peculiar to that maker alone.
Joseph Harkom was one of the greatest action-filers that ever lived. Plying his trade in Edinburgh, he
