General
General
Object Auto ID
73789
Common Name
Jackson Nottingham 16 GA
Object Description

Jackson Nottingham 16 GA shotgun

Provenance

This shotgun is inherited from my wife’s Grandfather Jack Heymann who brought it with him from England in the early 1900’s when he left England for good to live in South Africa and married a local girl.

Jack came to fight in the Boer war in 1900 in a British regiment and decided to come back and settle in Aberdeen in the Karroo in South Africa after the war..He brought the shotgun with him as his personal hunting weapon.

He previously lived in Nottingham in Britian and as can be seen the gun was made by a Nottingham gunsmith .

The shotgun was left my wife’s father Cluny Heymann who was the son of Jack Heymann . When Cluny Heymann passed away the shotgun was left to my wife Marlene Heymann.

It is a family heirloom that we want our son to have that has settled in the USA

Description
Colours
Black
Inscriptions
Serial No. - WR127140
Jackson Nottingham

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
44.5” – overall length
25” – barrel
3” – chamber
History
Object Age Comment
Between the years 1821-1914 but there is nothing on the firearm.
Maker Comment
The maker was the firm of, John Low Jackson of Nottingham. The company was established in 1821 and ceased to trade in 1914. The assets and name of the business were aquired by Charles Smith and Son, of Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Jackson Guns utilised a Westley Richards action.
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