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CLABROUGH & GOLCHER 1895-6 CATALOG
This beautiful catalog measures about 8" x 10" with full color covers and contains 64 pages of pictures and text. This is a top notch reprint printed on super-white paper.
John P. Clabrough was born in England and migrated to San Francisco California in 1863. He learned the American gun trade by working for various gun shops in San Francisco and in 1867 he opened a gun shop of his own at 630 Montgomery Street , San Francisco .
By 1870 John P. Clabrough had taken his two brothers, Joseph and George, as partners; the business became known as Clabrough & Bros. In 1871 or 1872, John P. and Joseph left George in charge of the store and John returned to England to manufacture guns and pistols in Birmingham , England for export to his (now larger) store in San Francisco ... Eventually he added sales offices in New York City , Philadelphia and Chicago , and then in other countries. George Clabrough of the San Francisco store became ill about 1876 and died in 1879.
In 1877 John Clabrough met William Golcher who had retired from the gun business in Minnesota , and persuaded Golcher to take a look at the San Francisco store. In 1878 Golcher took charge of the store, liking the area and the climate so much that he purchased half interest in the operation in 1883. After this date the guns were marked Clabrough and Golcher. In the late l880s, Clabrough reached its peak production of 10,000 to 12, 000 guns a year, produced in factories on Birmingham 's Whittall Street and the now-legendary St. Mary's Row.
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.
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CLABROUGH & GOLCHER 1895-6 CATALOG - $13.95
Contents include:
J. P. Clabrough & Bro's Automatic Ejector Hammerless Gun
Plain Ejector Hammerless Gun
"Field" Hammerless Gun
W.W. Greener Treble Wedge Fast
W.&C. Scott & Son's Hammerless Guns
L.C. Smith Automatic Ejector Hammerless Gun
The L.C. Smith Hammerless Gun
Parker Bros. Hammerless Gun
The Colts Hammerless Guns
LeFever Automatic Ejector Hammerless Gun
LeFever Hammerless Gun
Ithaca Hammerless Gun
Remington Ejector Gun
Remington Hammerless Guns
Baker Hammerless Gun
The New Hollenbeck Hammerless
J.P. Clabrough & Bro's Breech Loading Gun
W. J. Golcher Breech-Loading Gun
W.&C. Scott & Son's Breech-Loading Gun
Parker Bros. Breech-Loading Gun
Remington Breech-Loading Gun
L.C. Smith Breech-Loading Gun
Baker Breech-Loading Gun
Daly Three barrel Breech Loading Gun
The Buckland Hammer Gun
E.D. Parker Breech-Loading Gun
J.C. Smith Breech-Loading Gun
Belgian Made Shot Guns
German Made Shotguns
Winchester Repeating Shot Gun
Winchester Model 1893
Spencer Magazine Shot Gun
The Burgess Repeating Shot Gun
Remington New Single Barrel Breech-Loading Gun
Remington Single Breech-Loading Gun
Davenport Single Breech-Loading Gun
Davenport Ejector Single Gun
Champion Single Breech-Loading Gun
American Semi-Hammerless Single Breech-Loading Gun
Ideal Single Gun
Hopkins & Allen Single Breech Loading
X.L. Single Breech-Loading Gun
X.L. Combined Shot Gun and Rifle
Stevens' New Style Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun
Zulu Single Breech-Loading Gun
Shattuck 8-Gauge Single Breech-Loader
Muzzle Loading Shot Guns
Remodeled Muskets
Winchester Repeating Rifles
Winchester Model 1873
Winchester Model 1886
Winchester Model 1890 (Take Down)
Winchester Model 1892
Winchester Models 1892 and 1892 (Take Down)
Winchester Model 1894
Winchester Carbines
Winchester Single Shot Rifles
Marlin Model 1891
Marlin Model 1893
Marlin Model 1894
Marlin Model Take Downs
Marlin Model Ballard Rifles
Colt New Lightening Rifles
Remington No. 4 Single Shot Rifles
Merwin Hulbert & Co Junior Rifle
Quackenbush
Flobert
Wernant Actions
Stevens Rifles
Pieper Rifles
Cadet Mushets
Springfield Rifles
Sharps Rifles
Chicage Air Rifles
Daisy Air Rifles
King Air Rifle
New Dandy Repeating Air Rifle
Saluting and Yacht Canon
Lyman and other sights
Targets and Trap Shooters' Supplies
Smith and Wesson Revolvers, Hammerless, DA, SA, Gallery, Target etc.
Colt's New navy, New Army and New Pocket DA, Army DA, SA
Merwin, Hulbert & Co's Revolvers, DA
X.L. Bulldog
Harrington & Richardson, Bulldog, Baby Bulldog
Forehand & Wadsworth Revolvers, Auto Ejector, Improved British Billdog
Marlin DA Automatic Revolvers
Hopkins & Allen DA, Automatic Hammerless
Thames Automatic
Remington Revolver, Single Shot, Double Derringer
Stevens' Heavy Shooting Gallery Pistol, SA Revolvers
12 pages of ammunition, reloaders, powder and supplies
Shot Pouches and Powder Flasks
Gun Cases, Ammunition Belts, Money Belts, Ammo Cases, Game Bags, Holsters
Hunting Coats, Vests, Hats, Rubber Boots, Waders, Golcher Hunting Boots
Boots, Shoes, Leggings, Ladies Bicycle Leggings
Oilers, Gun Oils, Whistles and Calls
Drinking Cups, Canteens, Dram Flasks, Key Rings, Corkscrews, Match Boxes
Magnetic Compasses, Magnifying Glasses
Animal Traps, Hatchets, Decoys
Razors- Hinkle, Wostenholm, Strops, Shaving Brushes, Hair Clippers, Barber's Shears
Cutlery, Pocket Knives, Carving Knives, Scissors, Shears, Butcher Knives
Playing cards, Dressing Cases, Trunks, Lunch Cases, Police Clubs, Billies, Hooks and Nippers
Handcuffs, Leg irons, Metal Gloves, Lanterns
Dog Collars (whole page with 2 illustrations)
Dog Collar Locks, Dog Remedies, Dog Chains, Dog Leads, Whistles, Whips, Muzzles, Combs & Brushes
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