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french guns are very hard to date from proof marks - it winds up being a sherlock holmes adventure. manufrance guns (or la manu, as the french call them) have some helpful tricks: prior to 1931, mode ...

if plastic build-up is a problem, i've found that wrapping a little shard of frontier big 45 metal cleaner around the usual bore brush will make quick word of the job.

confession, i understand, is good for the soul. Wink

the classic english rule of thumb is called the "rule of 96"....the weight of the shot charge multiplied by 96 is the lowest weight the gun should be.

a 1 ounce load x 96 = 96 ounces - wh ...

your original post mentioned a gun with 9.3 x 72r chambering, and then recently you mention a gun with 9.3 x 74r chambering. the 72mm cartridge is an earlier development - and going back far enough ...

almost scared me....got an email telling me that something i wanted - was back in stock!
can't remember the last time that happened....

best regards,

tom

fourtown;
had to dig it out to be sure, but unfortunately, what i have is the contoured base model (model 47), i assume the contour is for a browning/fn auto 5 profile - but don't know for sure.

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there were two variations; a flat bottom, and a contoured bottom...which do you seek?

best regards,
tom

looked like a nice boxlock ejector gun....what was astonishing to me is the fact that a cow-bellers ad included a picture of the barrel flats with the proof marks clearly legible....i don't think i've ...

for what it's worth, i have bought from the seller (in ukraine) and was happy with his product, service and costs. he shipped promptly and answered my questions quickly and satisfactorily.

best r ...

technology has magnificently broadened the opportunities for con artists....in the dim dark past, they were limited to 3 card monte, and which shell is the pea under...

now the sky is the limit... ...

So glad you didn’t leave the camera behind for the entire season!
Stunning stuff. Great eye.
Thanks for sharing with us.

indeed, thanks for letting us look over your shoulder....ain't the wo ...

Thanks Ted, what is this westlley Richards action called ( I know it’s A&D) but not a drop lock like the one you pictured. Did WR even make this one below?
https://i.imgur.com/5jDkyVM.jpg

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sorry fellows, i tried sending this message mulitiple times because i keep getting error messages when i tried to submit....and there was no provision for correcting what ever was malfunctioning.

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Roster is the smartest guy he ever met...

you guys are missing an essential fact;

for most of us who visit/haunt these kind of websites, it's because of our interest....somewhere between a hobb ...