Easy, eightbore. I think the confusion stems from the time of serialization to the finishing date. By 1890 the hankering for a 10 bore had wained/abated and by 1895, or the mid 1890s, for the most part they were all but a distant memory. True there are exceptions and someone may have ordered a 10 bore in 1907 and they had some tubes in stock. Does yours have 2 sets of "Eagle" "Crown" over "S" or any marks to suggest an earlier time frame?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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