Obituary -- Today, May 4, 1891, the genius firearms inventor and oral surgeon, Doctor Edward Maynard, died to peace. 

His remains are  buried in Washington, D.C. at Plot: Range 45--Site 52 in the Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, S.E., District of Columbia

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Letters From the Land of the Tsar ...  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) Author, Joe Bilby is Asst Curator of the Sea Girt Museum in NJ.  Joe is also a member of our ' Old Farts Gang' informal skeet/trap match get together that we have at our club on Friday mornings.  An unpretentious knowledgeable black powder historian also 

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I meet up with two brothers from England each year at the Baltimore Antique Arms Collectors Show who have a retail gun shop on the property just adjacent to the Bisley range property.  They come over to the U.S. each year and have a sales booth at the Baltimore show.  If a customer in the U.S. has a need for a British arm, they either already have the needed arm, or will do a U.K search in order to procure it for the U.S. customer.  Once the details are confirmed and a deposit received, they then will deliver the piece at the Baltimore gun show, or if time is of the essence, will ship it to the customer's U.S. address.

They are really jolly fellows and most knowledgeable.


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Hello Aonghas --
                       I'm not at home just now, being away on a long week-end.  On Tuesday next, I'll gather up the contact info for these two chaps in Bisley and P.M. it to you so that you can make contact with them and get acquainted.

The Baltimore Antique Arms Collectors event is once a year in Timonium, Maryland, USA and is a genuinely important event is U.S.A. arms collecting.  It is held on the third Saturday of March each year.

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  Hello Aonghas--

I got back a day early, so wanted to pass along the information as promised.

The company name is CLASSIC GUN COMPANY and was established in 1977, dealing in rifled arms, circa 1850 - 1950.  As I mentioned earlier, they are located 250 yards from the NRA Bisley Camp.

The one brother who is the manager and decision maker is Mr. James F. Hallam, however, his brother comes to the Maryland Antique Arms Collectors show as back up and assist to Jim.

Jim is very involved in British marksman activities being V-P Emeritus, H.B.S.A; V-P., N.R.A. (GB), Asst. Curator, N.R.A. Museum, Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, etc.

They are reachable at RFD Surrey 378 and Met 1392
Tellie; (+44) 1483 472718

E-mail, classicgunco@dial.pipex.com

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I hope Jim is able to be of assistance to you.

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Doctor Maynard, these two examples of your genious will make you proud this day;

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No, it's "Dr.Maynard !  You got that correct at the first try.  "Creedmoormatch" is my now deceased next door neighbor whom you may have read about in the obituaries column (or you may not have).

And secondly, if there is a tariff levied to those of us who exceed our monthly allotments, please, by all means, do let me know that.  I'm glad to know you are counting and keeping a tally of everyone's message count.  That's important work, and who is better qualified than yourself, a rolling block, to do such work?
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Post count totals should be reset back to zero annually anyway.
I think midnight on Dec 31 when they drop the ball and ring in the New Year would be an appropriate time.