David McKay Brown Gunmakers

All four members of staff have been with the company since leaving school and have served a five year apprenticeship.

Douglas Proctor    - Lockmaker       -  37 years service
Jim McDonald       -  Barrel maker  -   32 years service
Robin Moir             -  Actioner           - 27 years service
Brian Sinclair         - Stocker             - 22 years service

David’s wife, Alexe, attends to administration and accounting.

The main workshop is in the village of Bothwell, Lanarkshire, just off the M74 motorway, 8 miles south of Glasgow.

The stocking workshop is nearby in Blantyre. The design office, studio and testing range is at Reynard, Mauldslie Estate, 12 miles south of Bothwell.

All guns and rifles are nitro proof tested at the Gunmakers’ Company London.

The annual production is just over 30 units comprising a mixture of side by side and over and under game guns with one or two African double rifles.