A friend of mine has two commercially made guns, one a snider the other a percussion 8" lancers pistol, and apparently on the underside of both barrels is  "MADE BY CLIVE". I have seen barrels with "JOHN CLIVE" on them & I'm vaguely aware that a John Clive and a Henry Clive were contractors used by the Govt but I know little beyond that.  Is anyone able to shed any light on who the maker is that used "MADE BY CLIVE" for my friend?  Adrian

Hi Bill, Next time I catch up with him I'll take a digital camera along. I think he is too astute a collector to have ended up with Indian made "knock offs" but I also found the "Made by Clive" description very odd & pointedly asked him to confirm the exact wording to me when we discussed the items. Adrian.