Grumpy";p="27128 wrote:The engraving is typical English small scroll.
what is it?
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if tou see the rib carefully, you can see there was a hindsight which has been removed.
yes grumpy, it used to be a rifle.
yes grumpy, it used to be a rifle.
You want more gun control? Use both hands!
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God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
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Re: what is it?
So a Rook rifle which has been bored out to .410 smoothbore ?
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CC, there`s no need to swear ( )
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thats right grumps though no one, either the seller or the shop pwners were sure of the original make.
they told us they wud be happy for me to post its pics on the web in case someone could identify the make of the original rifle.
they told us they wud be happy for me to post its pics on the web in case someone could identify the make of the original rifle.
You want more gun control? Use both hands!
God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.