Shot my William Moore!!

[fleener]

Dick Chubb is the guy. I dont have his contact info, perhaps some can provide that.

Fleener

 

[Eterry]

Thanks for the info.

I saw on here someone talked about using an acid on the barrels to make the "damascus" show better on them. Is this advisable, if so what kind of acid, what are the downsides of this treatment?

 

[smo]

Here’s mine.....
10 gauge Wm Moore

Great looking guns Guys

 

[Rudyard]

William Moore like Charles Moore where London makers the only one I own being a ' Best' if Dogeared old' Charles Moore' number 954 c 1808. Much like today. Firms where merged & names bought .and the raft of ' Wm Moores' servicable but farmed out or bought in to retail , but sold under the Wm Moore name yet have no other relation to the original London firms . Like Egg & Nock they where well known & it sounded good .& no diubt the 'London' helped . Many firms did it but the source was Brum or Liege in 1848 Wm Moore becomes Moore & Grey These numerous ' Wm Moores' tend to be later styles more mid to late Victorian that the founders. Both Regency & later gunmakers to Wm the Forth . Is that Helpful ? No probably not but enjoy them anyway. Rudyard

 

[hawkeye2]

Thanks for the info.

I saw on here someone talked about using an acid on the barrels to make the "damascus" show better on them. Is this advisable, if so what kind of acid, what are the downsides of this treatment?

No, altering the finish will decrease the gun's value. A possible downside is the acid might creep into a microscopic void and weaken the barrel.

 

[Eterry]

William Moore like Charles Moore where London makers the only one I own being a ' Best' if Dogeared old' Charles Moore' number 954 c 1808. Much like today. Firms where merged & names bought .and the raft of ' Wm Moores' servicable but farmed out or bought in to retail , but sold under the Wm Moore name yet have no other relation to the original London firms . Like Egg & Nock they where well known & it sounded good .& no diubt the 'London' helped . Many firms did it but the source was Brum or Liege in 1848 Wm Moore becomes Moore & Grey These numerous ' Wm Moores' tend to be later styles more mid to late Victorian that the founders. Both Regency & later gunmakers to Wm the Forth . Is that Helpful ? No probably not but enjoy them anyway. Rudyard

Rudyard, I always enjoy your perspective on old firearms.
I know many famous Names were copied, mostly by Belgian firms I understand. Wm. Moore, H. Holland, W. Richards as examples.
What puzzles me is my locks are marked William Moore, London, not W. Moore as is often seen.
Makes me wonder if the William Moore company made locks and supplied them to the Belgian company who made the barrels etc.?

Who's to say?

Would you have a matched set of hammers for my William Moore?

 

[Rudyard]

Dear Ettery I believe I've looked before for a pair but Blackleys or TRS should have suitable pairs . Re the London the extra cost of a stamp would be trifling . .The idea some have that soon as breach loading comes in no more MLs are offered or used is of course chimerous MLs being offered well into the 20 century globally . If probably mostly unpretencius working guns such as the Wm Moores .Wouldnt make much sense to send English locks to Belgium just to imply they are London made . But its an area little studied at least by me .
I do recall that in the 70s most all guns offered in India where ML's a good 80 per cent since liscensing woes where less involved and the MLs far more usefull to load to suit .While the cost of India made cartridges ran about 3/r up to 8/r for English ones each mostly loaded with LG buck for Tigers or Dacoits ( Bandits) But I've seen rolled crimp no 8 shot be uncrimped and LG top wad added then re crimped. I often wondered what would happen when our village head man confidently let go with the no 8s on some advancing Tiger or double mad Dacoit ? In each case our trusting head man was unlikely to return the rest of the box . Scruples I concluded had no translation in Hindi or Gugerati ect .
Rudyard

 

[TFoley]

Most barrels were made in Belgium and shipped to Birmingham or London trade shop to be made up into guns, not the other way round. It is highly unlikely that ANY English gunmaker ever sent components to Belgium to be made up. Call it how you will, but having 'London' or an English name [no matter how spurious it might be] on your gun is going to sell more guns in the US of A than having any French name you can think of.