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Ted, lever is still slightly to right of centre. I suspect that the barrels were re-blacked at the time it was re-proofed in 1971, but cannot be sure. Externally it has a few storage or handling dints as you would expect from a 110 year old gun, but I suspect it has not had a great deal of use either before or since 1971.

It was re-proofed at .729 and the bores appear perfect but may have had a hone or polish before it was submitted to British proof. I don’t know whether Tobin made it at .729” or slightly smaller. I take it that the circled BP marks stamped just behind the FLUID STEEL KRUPP ESSEN markings was a factory proof nark.

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Scribed inside the forend is a date 7/5/41 and a cryptic notation that I think may be a dealer’s price code (I have seen similar in antique shops).

We will never know its history but I wonder if it was brought to this country in WW1 or 2 by a Canadian Army or RCAF Officer, or it may have been shipped here in 1941 at our time of need?

Had it been a commercial importation I would expect to see pre-1925 British Proofmarks.

Last edited by Parabola; 01/18/26 02:25 PM.