The members of the Gunmakers’ Company are drawn not just from the gun trade but also from a variety of other professions and walks of life. The Company provides them with opportunities for fellowship, furtherance of common interests, and participation in the ceremonies and governance of the City of London.
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Under the provisions of the Gun Barrel Proof Act, all guns sold in the United Kingdom must undergo proof to test the basic soundness of barrel and action. Together with the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House, the London Proof House provides proofing and other services to the British gun trade. The Proof Master may also be requested to investigate accidental gun and barrel failures.
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The Gunmakers’ Company Charitable Trust provides grants for gunmakers and others looking to improve skills in gunmaking or gun-related crafts and industries, or to undertake research that will advance the state of knowledge in the trade.
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Worshipful Company of Gunmakers NEWS
Nomination Dinner 2021, and a new Master
In time honoured fashion, the Clerk declares to the assemble diners at the Nomination Dinner: " Under the Company's Charter,...
Back from Mali – update on the Light Dragoons
Gunmakers will remember the superb response to the call for Christmas boxes for members of the Company's affiliated Regiment, the...
Smoke and smiles all round – the summer clays and family barbeque, 9 July 2021
The West London Shooting School was the venue for the inaugural Summer Clays & Family Barbeque held on Friday 9...
Success at the Inter Livery Charity Clay Shoot, 24 June 2021
One arrangement that was unchanged this summer was the Inter Livery Charity Clay Shoot, 24 June, which went ahead at...
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, 1921 – 2021
It was with great sadness that the Gunmakers' Company learnt of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor...
Gunmakers in support of the NHS II
Whether it be engineering innovation, packing and dispatching or food, Gunmakers have been doing different things to support the NHS...
The Gunmaker’s Apprentice
In annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships 8 -14 Februry, Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Gillian Keegan said: "National Apprenticeship Week is...
