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Ah. Mr Pape. Supposedly the man who invented choke boring and it may be, even, that at some point he may actually have done some of the "fettling" on the gun shown. I think later Pape was killed in a road accident?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/focus-shameful-state-elswick-cemetery-1405877

https://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/2009/June2009/News260609/150.htm

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46 minutes ago, enfieldspares said:

Ah. Mr Pape. Supposedly the man who invented choke boring and it may be, even, that at some point he may actually have done some of the "fettling" on the gun shown. I think later Pape was killed in a road accident?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/focus-shameful-state-elswick-cemetery-1405877

https://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/2009/June2009/News260609/150.htm

Thanks for those links, I love the connection with the past.

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Lovely gun. I acquired a lovely live pigeon gun made by W R Pape in 1900. 30" barrels, choked full / full and chambered for 2 3/4 cartridges. Needed a bit of work to bring it back to its glory but well worth it.

I have the contact details for the person who acquired the Pape gunmaking records who can provide details on the gun for a small donation to charity (was £20 which went to the Dogs Trust)

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