Here’s a great picture. A well dressed Scotsman shooting his Edinburgh gun, the good old days.
The start of another season, let’s hope it’s a good one!
I can see from Dickson’s records that M McDonald bough a Pair of Round actions in 1922, perhaps this was their first outing.
Published as a private publication for Donald Dallas by Quiller Publishing 2017. 12″x10″ hardback, 328 pages 350 photographs. Price £60 excluding postage.
This book gives an in depth history of Edinburgh rifle maker Alexander Henry.
Born in 1818, he was apprenticed to Thomas Mortimer and subsequently set up on his own in 1852 at South St Andrew Street.
In 1860 he took out one of the most famous patents of the 19th century that created the extremely accurate Henry rifling. He invented a falling block action in 1865 that became the most popular and successful of all such actions.
In 1870 he gave his name to weapon of the British Army, the Martini-Henry rifle. His rifles were revered for their accuracy and his Dimensions Books contain thousands of orders from British and European royalty, the aristocracy, Indian Maharajahs and big game hunters. Alexander Henry died in 1894 and the business continued until 1950.
LIMITED EDITION OF 750 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES
EVERY SINGLE HENRY GUN/RIFLE LISTED WITH DETAILS (Over 8000)
THE FIRST DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER HENRY
Published as a private publication for Donald Dallas by Quiller Publishing 2014. 12″ x 10″, hardback, 352 pages, 447 photographs.
This stunning book gives for the first time a detailed history of John Dickson & Son from 1794 to the present day. Established in 1838 at 60 Princes Street, Edinburgh, the firm quickly gained a reputation for building very high quality guns and rifles, their two-groove percussion rifles achieving international acclaim. John Dickson (3) made the greatest contribution to the firm by patenting the round action gun in 1880 that instantly achieved critical acclaim as a best gun utilising a trigger plate action. The beautiful and elegant three-barrelled gun followed in 1882 and by the time the ejector had been patented in 1887 the Dickson round action had been perfected. In 1923 John Dickson (3) retired and the business was sold. In 1928 the firm moved to 32 Hanover Street and in 1937 to 21 Frederick Street, the present day location of the firm.
This book goes into great detail on all the types of Dickson guns and rifles built and was written with the full permission of John Dickson & Son.
Donald will be releasing the leather version this month. I have copies of the hardback version available.
A fabulous read and I have 6 in stock all signed by the author.
Call 01389 751122 to reserve your copy.
