Herbert Tobias was born in Dessau, the son of a gunmaker. In 1946 he acquired and was Chairman of the famous gunmaker James Purdey and Sons. Colin Haygarth, the Scottish gunmaker, was born in Tranmere. Savage Arms is a gunmaker based in Westfield, Massachusetts, with operations in Canada. It was owned by John Heeley, a gunmaker who owned Bournbrook Forge and Mill. Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker, of 151 New Bond Street, London. It was created by a gunmaker who goes by the pseudonym Buck O'Fama. From 1780-1781, Manton was first apprenticed to a gunmaker in Grantham, Newton. Bartlett was born in Binghamton, New York, to gunmaker Joseph Bartlett. Another John Cookson, who was also a gunmaker, is known to have worked in America.