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Yesterday I posted a picture of the proof marks and barrel marks of my new gun. Here are some additional pictures. From the previous post I learned that the gun was made in 1939, the weight of the barrels, who made the gun and who sold the Royal brand. Any other information about this gun would be appreciated.

A real find there, in the looks department, but how does it feel when you bring it up to the shoulder?

Nice looking gun, beautiful wood and I love the "English' style stock. I have a question though, how long are the barrels, they look longer then 32"s.
Steve

Thanks for the input and for looking at these pictures.

Barrels are just under 30 inches- they do look awfully long in the picture, maybe due to the camera angle.

The gun mounts and swings nicely and is just a shade over 7 pounds. I have patterned it at skeet range (22 yards) and shot pattern impacts about 80% above hold point. But, that may be just what I need as I tend to drop below target line and shoot under targets. No skeet until the bores are opened up though!

Corkdecoy: I don't know how familiar you are with patterning, but you might want to get back at about 30 yards and shoot 5-shot groups to see where your point of impact is. With just one shot, anything could happen, such as a flinch, throwing your point of impact off. A 5-shot group in my experience is more reliable and you might want to shoot several 5-shot groups with each barrel to really tell point of impact. Regards, Buzz