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John Ormiston

Interview with the Gunmaker No.2, with the former Director of Holland & Holland.

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People|May 2020

John Ormiston is a life-long firearms collector who has owned and sold a lot of rare and historic sporting guns and rifles over the years.. 

John ran both a successful sporting agency and a gun shop in Scotland, before selling the agency to Holland & Holland and becoming a director of the iconic London gunmaker in the mid 1990s.

Responsible for re-introducing some of Holland & Holland's classic models, like the Paradox, John shares a lifetime of gun trade experience in this conversation with Diggory Hadoke.

John Ormiston in the gun room at Holland & Holland.

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People|May 2020

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