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Clabrough and Johnstone Sidelock English
Guns International #: 102554893 Seller's Inventory #: P89L9
Category: Shotguns - English Double - Shotguns - European Double
Seller's Information
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Seller: O'Malley Brothers
Company: O'Malley Brothers INC
Member Since: 11/29/21
First Name: Mike
State: Washington
Zip: 98020-3021
Country: United States
Phone: (206) 972-9080
Number of Active Listings: 0
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
All long guns are $50 shipping and Pistols are $25 and cased pistols are $45 shipping CC are a additional 3.8%
Payment Types Accepted: Cashiers check, Money Order and CC with a aditional 3.8% fee
About Us: O'Malley Brothers Inc - With over 55 years of experience, it's not only our business, it's our family tradition. Our business is dedicated to providing you quality firearms. We are a import business so firearms may have foreign proofs and import marks. All long guns are $50 shipping and Pistols are $25 and cased pistols are $45 shipping CC are a additional 3.8%
Description:
Clabrough & Johnstone sidelock 12ga. 2 1/2" non ejector. Lop of 14 1/8" choked Mod. and Full. The drop at comb 1 5/16" drop at heal 2 1/4" cast neutral. It weights 7LBS Barrels are 30" Over all a nice english sidelock.
John Plumb Clabrough came from Yorkshire, England. He was apprenticed to his gunsmith father, traveled to the States in 1857, and opened his own gun shop in San Francisco. The Clabrough business was founded in 1868 as J.Clabrough, its original location was 5, New Buildings, Price Street, Birmingham, so he'd be a near neighbour of Greeners. The great majority of Clabrough's guns were made in Birmingham. The "Brothers" was first added to the name in 1872 so your gun post dates that, as Rev Drew shows.
The Clabrough business was focused on exports to North America, with its home base in San Fransisco in partnership with a chap named Golcher. J.P. died in 1894-5. As point of interest, the San Francisco earth quake of 1906 resulted in the total destruction of the Clabrough/Golcher inventory and business location.
When the l890 US Tariff was enacted, English exports to America began to decline. In l893 Clabrough sold his company to an employee named Douglas Johnstone and retired to San Francisco. Johnstone added another line of guns, under the name Clabrough & Johnstone, and he carried on the business until World War I. Like many English gunmaking firms, C&J was forced to amalgamate with other firms. In l9l4, they joined forces with Hollis, Bentley & Playfair, which were all under the management of John O. Redgrave, a lifelong Clabrough employee who became the proprietor in l9l8. In l937, battered by import taxes, then the Great War and finally the Depression, Clabrough & Johnstone closed its doors. All that remains today is the unique legacy of a gunmaker that had roots both in England and the American West Coast."
One of the most unusual and least known of all English gunmakers, J.P. Clabrough built high-quality guns in Birmingham specifically for the American West Coast.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge
Manufacturer: Clabrough and Johnstone
Model: sidelock
Serial Number: 11627
Barrel Length: 30
Bore: good
Chambers: 21/2
Ejectors: non
Condition: good
Metal Condition: good
Wood Condition: good
Bore Condition: good
Barrels: good
Stock Comb: 15/16
Stock Heel: 21/2
Stock Cast: neutral
LOP: 14 1/8
Weight: 7