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News from John Dickson & Son - February 2026

February 2026

Safari Club International 2026,

Vintage Gun Inventory Update,

The Guns of James Stewart-Robertson of Edradynate

Safari Club International 2026

John Dickson & Son are very pleased to announce that they will again be exhibiting at SCI 2026, the 54th Annual Hunters' Convention and Ultimate Sportsmen's Market, which will take place February 18-21, 2026, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The show attracts thousands of hunters, anglers, recreational shooters, conservationists, guides, and outfitters annually and is perhaps the most dynamic and diverse hunting show in the world.

If you are attending the show then please drop in to see us in the Gunmakers Village at Booth 908, where a selection of fine Scottish guns by John Dickson, James MacNaughton and Daniel Fraser will be on display. A member of the Dickson team will be on hand to assist with any enquiry but if you would like to make a specific appointment, you can make arrangements through our contact form here

Vintage Gun Inventory Update

John Dickson & Son holds the largest collection of pre-owned Dickson Round-Action guns, including rare models from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each piece in our collection has been sympathetically restored by our expert craftsmen, ensuring that these historic firearms perform as beautifully as the day they were first created.

Whether you are looking to grow your collection or upgrade your current sporting gun, John Dickson & Son also has a superb range of pre-owned vintage guns from other Scottish gun and rifle makers. All guns have been prepared through our workshop making them available for immediate sale and delivery, and working with our export partners we can facilitate sending your purchase to a nominated firearms dealer in your country. We have consignments leaving for the USA on a monthly basis.

Recently added to our inventory:

We also have some distinguished Dickson guns currently going through the workshop being prepared for sale:

John Dickson & Son Round-Action Pair - Built 1902, 12 gauge, 29in damascus barrels, bold acanthus engraved
James MacNaughton Edinburgh gun - Built 1898, 12 gauge, 30in steel barrels, 2 3/4in chambers
John Dickson & Son Boxlock - Built 1907, 12 gauge, 29in steel barrels, 2 3/4in chambers
John Dickson & Son Boxlock - Built 1916, 12 gauge, 29in steel barrels, Harry Kell engraved, 2 3/4in chambers

For comprehensive information on our current inventory, including detailed specifications, provenance, and pricing, please get in touch using our contact form Here

The Guns of James Stewart-Robertson of Edradynate

John Dickson & Son have recently acquired two vintage guns that belonged to a renowned Scottish lawyer, philanthropist and accomplished musician. The guns will undergo a sympathetic restoration before joining the Dickson Heritage Gun Collection.

John Dickson & Son gun No. 2480 was delivered on the 10^th August 1864 to J. Stewart Robertson of Edradynate. The gun is a 12 gauge breach-loading pin-fire hammer gun (converted to centre fire at a later date) with 30in damascus barrels, bar-action locks, and an oil finished stock. The perfect gun for hunting on the Edradynate estate in Perthshire.

John Dickson & Son gun No. 3437 was delivered on the 6^th April 1877 to James Stewart Robertson. The gun is a 12 gauge breach-loading centre-fire hammer gun with 30in damascus barrels, bar-action re-bounding locks, and the stock finished with a horn heelplate.

James Stewart-Robertson was born on the 15^th May 1823 at Edradynate House. He was the son and namesake of James Stewart-Robertson of Edradynate and Dorothea Stewart, youngest daughter of Adam Stewart of Cluny, and was the great, great grandson of Reverand Robert Stewart of Killiechassie and Pitcastle. The family seat of Edradynate is an estate with a mansion house in the Logierait Parish, Perthshire, near the left band of the Tay, near Aberfeldy.

After education and studying law at university, he settled in Edinburgh as a successful Advocate, progressing to Writer to the Signet and Magistrate. He was also appointed Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant of Perthshire due to being heir-apparent for Edradynate. On the 27^th April 1852 he married Mary Jane Cunninghame, younger daughter of Robert Cunninghame of Ballanorris, Isle of Man, and they went on to have four daughters and one son.

James succeeded his father to the estate in 1862, becoming 5th of Derculich & Edradynate. In 1874, on the death of his mother’s sister, Mrs Stewart-Hepburn, James inherited the estates of Cluny and Blackhill (by his grandfather Adam Stewart’s deed of entail) and also inherited the properties of Colquhalzie and Glenquey (by Mr Stewart-Hepburn’s deed of entail).

Although he found his calling in the profession of the law, he remained an accomplished musician, having studied fiddle under Duncan McKercher (The Athole Paganini), John McAlpine and William McLeish (The Aberfeldy Paganini). He was a founding member of the Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society in 1881, and became the Society's first President, overseeing its early development and remaining in this post until his death. He composed many tunes and in 1884 he edited and published “The Athole Collection”, concerned that interest in Scottish fiddle music was waning. It contained 870 strathspeys, reels, jigs, hornpipes and country dances and is recognised as one of the principal sources in this field. Upon his death, Stewart-Robertson was justly hailed by the Society for his contributions, but little mention was made of his musical talent and works in his newspaper obituaries, which celebrated his fame as a lawyer, philanthropist, and politician.

James Stewart-Robertson died on the 3rd August 1896, aged 73. He was buried at the family Burial Ground at Killiechassie, where in 1884, he had erected the large memorial stone in the graveyard “as a memorial of his ancestors and kinsfolk”. The plot contains individual graves of descendants of the four sons of the Reverend Robert Stewart of Killiechassie and Pitcastle.

James and Mary’s only son, also James Stewart-Robertson, was born in 1856, becoming Justice of the Peace for Perthshire and an officer in the Royal Perthshire Militia and Athole Highlanders. He was the last remaining male heir of Reverend Robert Stewart and on the 11^th October 1880 he married Janet Beatrice Murray-Allan of Glenfeochan, Argyll. He died at Edradynate in 1940 aged 83 leaving a daughter Dorothy Campbell Stewart-Robertson (1891-1977) but no male issue.