HENRY ATKIN

Sometimes labels adorn the outside of gun cases as well as the inner lid. These are generally storage labels, applied when a gun is taken in for that purpose. It was once common practice to return guns to the maker at the end of each season for inspection, service and storage until the following season.

This is from the case of a Henry Atkin sidelock and 27 St James’s

Street was where the company was first located in 1952. By this time, telephone numbers and telegram addresses were widely applied to labels and letterheads. This address was Atkin’s last as an independent, as