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A friend asked me to restore this. It’s an off ticket Percussion gun. No name but quite nicely made. One of the locks/hammers appeared loose. I thought that the main spring had been broken but upon inspection it was the small cam used between the mainspring and the hammer. I’m going to attempt to...
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George Gibbs was one of those provincial makers, out in Bristol, but with patents to his name. This beautiful little 20 bore has his own patented cocking mechanism in it which throws the hammes from the main leave system. It’s very clever and I can’t wait to try this little gun. It has the...
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Here are some photos of the Gibbs Barrels after the old English blacking work.
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The process I use to strike up barrels ready for a re-black is to use a specialist sand blasting unit. No sand though but very fine glass that does an excellent job of preparing the barrels for the finer work using wet and dry paper (used dry). The glass bead process does take a...
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I’ve not seen one before, but it’s very clever. The Gibbs house invented this rather clever cocking mechanism that used the top lever to cock the hammers in the plates. Here are a few pictures of the system. This little gun is so crisp and it shows off the system brilliantly. What an ingenious...
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Found this lovely little 20 bore sidelock made by the Bristol maker George Gibbs. It’s lovely and beautifully made with superb engraving on the lock plates around the fences etc. The barrels are in stunning condition. To top it off it’s in a case that was made by the maker in 1935 and it...
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