Alexander Henry - an inventory of surviving rifles
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:28 am
As we approach the 200th anniversary of Alexander Henry’s birth (4th of June 2018), as his great great grandson, I’d like to create an “inventory” of his rifles and shotguns, so that we can have an idea of how many are still in existence. I realise this can never be “complete”, and will be “out of date” as soon as it is created!
Donald Dallas’ book lists all serial numbers from no. 120 (starting when he took over Samuel Gourlay’s business in 1852) to no. 8545.
If you own one – and you’d like to help … please let me know
• the serial number
• some idea of where you live (country or city or post/ZIP code)
• anything especially interesting about the gun or its history
Please reply by Direct Message (DM) or to Alex henry rifles (one word) at gmail dot com
You don’t need to give me your name, or your address – no need for it, really. I will store your forum moniker, and which forum.
I will not share personal information with anyone – this is purely for my interest and research.
I have put this message up on other forums. I will also trawl through auction sites to see what they have sold in the past.
In time, I’ll map the data on a world map (anonymity still totally preserved) using something like BatchGeo.
If you know other Alexander Henry owners, who probably don’t access this forum, please let them know too!
If you know of museums with Alexander Henrys, let me know!
I hope this will be very successful – it will be very interesting!
Thanks, in anticipation!
Richard Brown
Alexander Henry’s great great grandson
Donald Dallas’ book lists all serial numbers from no. 120 (starting when he took over Samuel Gourlay’s business in 1852) to no. 8545.
If you own one – and you’d like to help … please let me know
• the serial number
• some idea of where you live (country or city or post/ZIP code)
• anything especially interesting about the gun or its history
Please reply by Direct Message (DM) or to Alex henry rifles (one word) at gmail dot com
You don’t need to give me your name, or your address – no need for it, really. I will store your forum moniker, and which forum.
I will not share personal information with anyone – this is purely for my interest and research.
I have put this message up on other forums. I will also trawl through auction sites to see what they have sold in the past.
In time, I’ll map the data on a world map (anonymity still totally preserved) using something like BatchGeo.
If you know other Alexander Henry owners, who probably don’t access this forum, please let them know too!
If you know of museums with Alexander Henrys, let me know!
I hope this will be very successful – it will be very interesting!
Thanks, in anticipation!
Richard Brown
Alexander Henry’s great great grandson