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You're just about dead on for what I paid, Rocketman, except I paid AUD.
In the close-up of the side of the breech, there is a definite seam in the metal; there is a yellowish discolouration on the top of the breech which looks like old brazing; the hammers are lovely, and match, but are too small for the engraving on the locks. It all points to a pinfire conversion, but possibly of a rifle - the back of the trigger guard is quite stout, the stock is thick and strong, the steel-capped pistol hand looks very rifle-like to me. The serial number appears no fewer than 6 times - but nowhere on the barrels or forend.
Perhaps this was built on pinfire in the late 1860s, and was obsolete before it even left the maker; maybe it was converted (perhaps before it was even sold?) with a set of barrels off another gun in the workshop - hence the two different addresses - the stamped address on the flats a later one when that work was done?

But then, how early did rebounding locks appear? Maybe that was tweaked later...

At any rate, it'll be a fun shooter with short-chambered BP handloads...

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Best idea is to contact the Makers. The record book is fairly complete. http://www.wrichardsguns.co.uk/ Looks like it could have been a pin-fire conversion. I had a 20 bore W.Richards that had been converted from a .450 double rifle. I sold it through Holts a couple of years ago. I was disappointed when it only made 550 as it was in excellent condition and a good looking gun all round. Lagopus.....

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I have contacted the makers...

My latest theory is that the barrels may have come off a ML gun, given the primitive way the chambers were set up with a step rather than forcing cones, and the minimal amount of meat left between the two chambers...

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