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Staff Profiles
Keith Haynes

Keith Haynes

Gun Stocker
Keith entered the gun trade in 1974, completing his apprenticeship at Webley and Scott Ltd. He remained there until it was closed by Holland & Holland in 1991, when he joined Westley Richards. He has a total of 33 years' experience in stocking the very best side-by-side shotguns, double rifles and magazine rifles. Keith's attention to detail is renowned in the English gun trade.

 
Romain Lepinois

Romain Lepinois

Gun Stocker
Romain spent three years at the Leon Mignon School of Gun Making in Liege, Belgium, before graduating with a Diploma in 1999. He then worked at Marcel Thys for one year, and for Peter Michelitsch and Herbert Sommeur in Ferlach, Austria for two years. Romain came over to the UK in 2002 to work at E. J. Churchill, before joining Westley Richards as a stocker in February 2004. Although Romain specialises in stocking he is also skilled in other areas of gun manufacture.
 
Peter Stanton

Peter Stanton

Gunmaker
Peter started at Westley Richards in 1972, and spent his first five years working with antique guns and pistols which Walter Clode had purchased from the great Indian Armouries. He then moved onto the sidelock shotgun, becoming a lock maker and action filer. Since 1989 Peter has worked on the detachable lock shotguns and rifles, and is now mainly employed on smoothing and polishing ready for engraving.