Originally Posted By: Roy Hebbes


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It is highly likely that the Damascus barrel blanks used to re;barrel this gun were drawn from old stock made By W & C Scott.so as to match the original barrel material.


Roy, I'm trying to match the above to your most recent post. My point--re the proofmarks--was that the barrels, whether new or old, would have been submitted for proof when they were refitted by Webley & Scott to the Atkin. And in the case of that particular set of proofmarks, which includes the 2 1/2 mark, the proof could not have taken place any earlier than 1925--chamber length being a required proofmark under the rules of 1925.