Thanks, it was a good thread and it is sad that so many
of Michael's pictures no longer come up. I took the
action out of my stock and had a good look at the barrel.
There are no markings whatsoever on it. It looks to me
that it was a military barrel that someone removed from
the action and turned down and polished. I can still see
a the remnant of a groove on the bottom of the barrel for
the original military sight.