The name John Cookson is associated with Lorenzoni-type magazine repeating flintlocks of high quality, assumed to have been made in London during the last decade or so of the 17th century. Nothing is known of this gunmaker. A John Cookson is known to have been a gunsmith in Boston during the first half of the 18th century and, while he is given credit in the US for inventing the magazine repeater, there is no evidence that he ever made such a gun in America. Over the years, there has been much speculation about a connection between these John Cooksons but none has ever been established. A recently discovered flintlock fowler signed Cookson appears to be late 17th century and shares a number of features which suggest manufacture by the same John Cookson who made the magazine repeaters. The paper examines the details of this fowler, comparing them to those of the known magazine repeaters and argues that they were all made by the same maker. An extensive archival search was also made of the John Cooksons of the UK and of Boston, the results of which are summarized here. While no direct connection could be established, the evidence strongly suggests that they were the same person.

约翰库克森这个名字与 Lorenzoni 类型的杂志重复高质量的燧发枪有关，假设是在 17 世纪的最后十年左右在伦敦制造的。对这位枪手一无所知。众所周知，约翰·库克森 (John Cookson) 在 18 世纪上半叶曾是波士顿的一名枪械制造商，虽然他在美国因发明了杂志中继器而受到赞誉，但没有证据表明他曾在美国制造过这种枪。多年来，关于这些约翰·库克森一家之间的联系有很多猜测，但从未建立过。最近发现的燧发枪捕鸟人签下了库克森似乎是 17 世纪后期，并具有许多特征，表明制造者是制作杂志中继器的同一位约翰·库克森。该论文研究了这只捕鸟器的细节，将它们与已知的杂志转发器进行了比较，并认为它们都是由同一制造商制造的。还对英国和波士顿的 John Cooksons 进行了广泛的档案搜索，其结果总结在此。虽然无法建立直接联系，但证据强烈表明他们是同一个人。