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After the Second World War and with the loss of the original archival gun records, the first recorded gun in the new ledger was dated 2 February 1946. The gun was given the serial number 4501. Rosson gun records normally show the date which the gun was finished, in some cases this was the date of the
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Rosson use several brand names, which denoted the level of quality. The top of its range was
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the UK’s premier field sport publication established in 1853 and the US premier tile Shooting Sportsman a first for any gun manufacturer to feature on both in the same year.
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