Sterling Davenport: An Old-World Gunsmith In America.

Guns Magazine | September 1, 2000 | Copyright

Blessed with a name to match his avocation, Davenport is one of the most remarkable custom gunmakers ever.

Sterling Davenport has to be the perfect name for an Old School gunsmith. You can almost smell the linseed oil as you say it. "Sterling Davenport" -- it rings with the sound of file on steel, certainly more genteel than either James Purdey or John Rigby.

But Davenport resides in Tucson, Ariz., not London. The only thing English about Davenport is the exhibition grade walnut upon which he plies his considerable skill with a checkering file and a shaping ...

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