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Originally Posted by GuildGun6
I also saw the "Hodges" stamped in the barrel hinge area and researched that to be a gun maker who had six patents in London. E C Hodges who did alot with the pinfires. I am wondeering why his name is on this gun and not on the sides where Hodges normally engraved his name.
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Beckwith may have used barrels made by Hodges. It was not uncommon for the early gunmakers to share piecework.
Boothroyd lists Edwin Charles Hodges in London 1860-1908.