Published:
7:15 AM December 11, 2020
Celebrated gunmaker Richard Gallyon, pictured holding the Millennium Gallyon gun, has retired after 60 years running his famous family business, Gallyons, which dates back to 1784
- Credit: Danielle Booden
A celebrated Norfolk gunmaker has retired after 60 years with his famous family firm - finally breaking a line of succession and craftsmanship stretching back almost 250 years.
Richard Gallyon was the sixth generation to run the business founded in 1784 by his great-great-great grandfather William Gallyon.
But with no descendants willing to take on the company, he sold it to a Cambridge firm to continue making luxury sporting shotguns and rifles under the prestigious Gallyon name.