Jerry:
It is a Ferlach made cape with one tube at 16.7mm at the 1st pass & the other at 11.0mm so I have some reservations as to the 8mm cartridge unless the 11.0 isn't for the tube(which I would find difficult to believe considering the position of the decimal) or there has been some modification. Datastring is a bit odd as it doesn't have a date but may be a pre-1897 version? Any stamps along the tubes toward the forend hanger or on the action flats?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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