Quote Originally Posted by T 20 View Post
I always thought that the Allied forces confescated all the airgun designs and machinery from M&G and gave it to Milard Brothers on the understanding that they set up a production facility in a deprived area of the UK.
Which is why London based Milard Brothers (Milbro) ended up with an airgun manufactiring plant in Motherwell, Scotland.


I'm sure Danny will be along to correct me if I'm wrong.
From memory my understanding is that the M&G factory was in the French zone after the war, Mick, and that it was 'auctioned' under the reparations scheme. Millard Bros secured it with a higher bid than Webley's (IIRC from what Chris Thrale wrote). I also remember a story about why they set up the factory in Motherwell but I'm not sure if it was a condition of the purchase or whether there were government grants available?