John Dickson & Son is a Scottish gunmaker established in Edinburgh in 1820, specialising in high-end bespoke sporting guns.
Dickson completed his apprenticeship in 1813 and by 1840 was in business in his own right at 60 Princes Street.
In 1880 Dickson won a patent dispute for his trigger plate action, and in 1859 Dickson made the first pinfire breechloader under Brazier’s patent followed by guns on Westley Richards, Thomas Horsley and later Lancaster’s patents, ultimately arriving at the first of his own ‘Round Action’ design guns in 1880.
Peter died at sea in 1892 and, having no heir, John sold the business to J. Hayhoe in 1923.
[3] In addition to John Dickson & Son, the company acquired over the years a number of other Scottish gunsmiths and continues to manufacturer their famous firearms.