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Originally posted by enfieldspares:
If you can also try the Powell-Cotton museum at Quex Park and the Imperial War Museum at Lambeth.

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Originally posted by Pete E:
Take a look at: http://www.quexmuseum.org/

Click on "Museum" and then "Animals"

The only trouble is that its well outside London so getting there might be a problem for you..

Edited to add it says the following on the site:

"By rail: The journey from London Victoria to Birchington-on-Sea takes around one and three quarter hours. The pleasant one-mile walk along Station Road and Park Lane takes about twenty minutes, although taxis are available."

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Originally posted by londonhunter:
Hi my two pence worth

Boss have closed their showroom for some time now in central London. (information from previous poster is inaccurate and out of date) They operate from their existing workshop in Kew. If you have not ordered anything and is just browsing you will not be able to see much. Your contact there is Roy Lau. He runs the sales department and is like a general manager.

Holland is well worth going and your contact there is Patrick Murphy. Even you have not ordered anything you will be able to browse and handle stuff. Discretly there is a private collection downstairs. If Patrick feel you can be a potential customer then he will let you in. Higlight at the moment is a double rifle ROYALE in 700 nitro.... enough said. There are plenty of clothing and paraphenalia to buy from Holland

Purdey is a different story. They can out your intention and ability to buy within a few seconds of you walking in. Dont forget they have been doing it for over 100 years. There is not a lot to see or to handle. To do so you really have to name a few contacts that they recon is worth their while everything is beespoke....unless you consider the new sporter worth playuing around, know what I mean...PM me and I will give you a contact there.

I would say the best way to see a lot of london guns now is to co-incide with a forthcoming aunction. If you can arrange a private viewing thats good. All the good stuff are sold before they are listed in catalogues. To be honest all the auction stuff are what the collectors don't want.................

I know all these people very well and is difficult to pull a fast one on them unless you really want to order something.

I must say I have fallen victim to all of them.........its a pathology without a cure

I would strongly suggest you to look at

Holts' website for next auction

Pactrick Hawes' auction of Coy's

Dont forget William Evans out of town showroom in Bisley who's new manager is Richard Hawes. You wil be able to handle quite a few nice sticks there..... and to do some shooting as well...........

Theres a few more names to throw about in London and this scene is all about connections -who you know ..................then doors will open for you to see things that do not exist

Have a nice trip

also

There is a very very informative museum in Bisley camp.

If you PM me I will carrying on throwing a few more names to make you trip worthwhile.....

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Originally posted by londonhunter:

Boss have closed their showroom for some time now in central London. (inormation from previous poster is wrong) They operate from their workshop in Kew.