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No pic of the muzzle, I'd have to wonder why. 25" in length is a nice even length for us USA folks but over there centimeters rule the day.
25" does come in at 63 1/2 cm. which sounds kind of nice & even. But that would mean the maker decided to produce the bbl length at a half centimeter cut off point. Maybe for the US market some would say,,a nice even inch length..I don't know,,maybe?.
I'd think the orig length was more on the order of a plain 65cm length. which would pan out to just a bit over 25 1/2" on our yard stick. Or a 66cm length originally which would measure out at at just a hair under 26inches on most anyones ruler.
A 1/2 inch,,or 1 inch cut from those respectively would still leave some choke in them as the specs say they have (.002/,004),, but would cut the most strict reduction in bore dia from the end. I'm thinking they were probably 66cm length originally (25.98+") and that inch was cut to remove some damage leaving some choke in both. Just my guess though.
I'd still want a pic or two of the muzzle before spending any $$ there. I can be proven entirely wrong in my guess!
The gun has been totally refinished anyway,,wood and metal. It's not hard to figure a few other things were done to doll it up for sale. It was a nice gun as orig made for sure.
Just my observations.
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Yeah, for that money & calibre of Daly, I'd ask for images of the muzzle & the touchmarks.
Cheers,
Raimey rse
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I can only speak for myself, I had Heym make a 60 cm set of barrels for my O/U( I now have 4 barrel sets for it), for quail. They turned out to be my favorite for everything. Mike
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Everything else has been messed with on it, so why not.?
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So many issues, where do you begin? That is a gun to run, not walk, away from.
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That gun is restocked, and not done at all well. God knows what other changes were made.
I would not give 1/2 that price, and I like older Daly guns.
C Man Life is short Quit your job. Turn off the TV. Go outside and play.
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I've never cataloged 25" barrels on a Prussian Daly. Daly did offer 24" on certain small gauge guns, but I have never seen 25" barrels offered in any of their period catalogs.
In addition to the restocking, this IS NOT a regent diamond Daly. It looks like a diamond quality model 325 - a few steps down from the regent.
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