Bombs - Guns - Weapons
1968 - Order Your Gun Now, For Next Years Shooting: Don bank on shooting this season if you decide you want a gun thats really the best. For the best guns the Rolls Royces of the gun world come from Purdeys and at Purdeys youll really get V.I.P. treatment for your gun which will cost not less than £1, 100. Purdeys has had Royal Patronage since the reign of George 111, and counts among its customers several Kings, Heads of State, and members of the aristocract of most countries. Planning of the guns takes place in the Hallowed Long Room, where portraits of some of the most illustratious customers hang, . Customers are measured for their guns, with weight, height and distance between eye and shoulder taken into account. This is only the start, for the gun, which may cost up to £2, 000 will be ready perhaps 18 months later. The final touches are put to a double barrel gun in the Paddington factory of James Purdey and Sons. (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)
