19th Century English Shotgun Production

gdlavy · December 23, 2007, 10:14 PM

I have a W.R. Leeson 12 ga double gun. My gun is marked with Ashford Kent and from the history I have read on Leeson, this would date the gun between 1878 and 1899. My gun's serial number is 714. Based on that, what year(s) might it have been made? I am guessing that gun production was no more than a few per week, but have no real idea. Any help would be apprecitated!

J F Cooper · December 24, 2007, 03:28 PM

I doubt they made 100 guns per year. using serial number data from other comparable makers of that era, very few of the lesser known makers made many more than that.. While Leeson made some very high quality guns, he was not a known maker..JFC

December 23, 2007, 10:14 PM	#1
gdlavy Junior Member Join Date: October 9, 2007 Posts: 9	19th Century English Shotgun Production I have a W.R. Leeson 12 ga double gun. My gun is marked with Ashford Kent and from the history I have read on Leeson, this would date the gun between 1878 and 1899. My gun's serial number is 714. Based on that, what year(s) might it have been made? I am guessing that gun production was no more than a few per week, but have no real idea. Any help would be apprecitated!

December 24, 2007, 03:28 PM	#2
J F Cooper Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2007 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 125	W R Leeson I doubt they made 100 guns per year. using serial number data from other comparable makers of that era, very few of the lesser known makers made many more than that.. While Leeson made some very high quality guns, he was not a known maker..JFC