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Hmmm. At the time we were speaking with a fellow who felt it had been made that way for a left-handed shooter. He thought it would follow that the rib engraving would be the opposite direction also. Not so, it turns out.

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Originally Posted By: JBLondon
Hmmm. At the time we were speaking with a fellow who felt it had been made that way for a left-handed shooter. He thought it would follow that the rib engraving would be the opposite direction also. Not so, it turns out.


I wondered about that explanation, and I checked when I got home... The Jones under-lever swings out in the usual direction (to the right, looking down the barrels). I do have a Jones-lever pinfire made for a left-hander, by Joseph Braddell & Son of Belfast, where the under-lever swings out in the other direction (it also has the ‘usual’ rib inscription). The Smith gun is unremarkable in every respect, except for the inverted text on the lock plates.


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Don't see where this would matter if the person was right or left handed. If that were the case then one side should read up & the other side down. The inverted side would be opposite for the left hander from a right hander.
Anyone ever seen gune with the writing inverted on One side, I haven't, course many of you have looked at a lot more guns than me.
I will say that when I want to look at the writing or engraving on the "Off" side of a gun I normally turn it around, not over.


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