Archives: AWR Manufacturers

Miroku Karaji Miroku first operated as a blacksmith , creating parts and tools  for farming. By 1893 he hadexpanded his business and established himself  as a gunsmith and gunmaker, producing a few handmade guns primarily for hunting boar and deer in the mountains near his home, Shikoku, Japan In the 20th century Western manufacturing techniques ...

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The grandfather of James Purdey, the founder of the firm, reputedly walked from East Scotland around the turn of the eighteenth century to find work in London. James`s father, also James, worked as a blacksmith in the Minories, a part of the City close to The Tower of London where most of the gun making ...

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Their founder Sidney Bontoft formed his first Company in 1924 supplying carbide, principally for industry, but also to the farming community for their lighting systems. As he toured the outlying farms he added cartridges to his portfolio and steadily built up a regular trade. Seeing the possibilities he started loading his own shells and as ...

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Harris John Holland (1806 – 1896) was one of the few lucky people are able to turn their hobby into a career. Originally a tobacconist in 1835, with a shop on 5 King St, Holborn. Holland was only gun making as a pastime. It was not until 1848 that he started to describe himself as ...

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Originally a small family run business based in Suffolk founded 15 years ago; the small company grew from strength to strength supplying in value for money products with a reliable high quality. Specializing in scopes, binoculars and accessories such as red dot sights and mounts. Growing from that small family business to a worldwide market ...

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