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Boxlock
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Boxlock
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1918. You should find Webley and Scott serial on the forend lump.
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Sidelock
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Do you mean that Webley and Scott guns are not as numerous as the serial numbers would indicate? I think the screw grip top lever, third fastener, and dolls head is as elegant and well fitted as those on any British gun. My 1916 sidelock pair is a joy to shoot and to examine. I bought them because they are crossovers, but they are so much more.
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I possess a similar pair. If you look on the lump that attaches the forend to the barrels, you should find a different serial numbered in the 92000 which is webley ans scott serial.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Amazing. I had no idea that W&S serial numbers included receivers and guns made for others. I had a wonderful little 1912 W&C Scott 16 that was in the 90,000 series. Is this the same series as the Webley and the Webley and Scott guns? I will check out my Evans guns for that number. Don't miss the William Evans website which kind of prices new guns. They have recently deleted the $70,000 starting price of new bespoke British made sidelocks. They still allude to the starting prices for their Spanish made and finished and Spanish made and UK finished guns. So I have $140,000 worth of sidelocks, plus the price of the crossover conversions? I am impressed, especially since they go "off" every time I pull the triggers. Honestly, they are great guns that have been my best friends on the sporting clays course. I'm not sure they will be fair to the birds on tame chukars.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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HERE ARE SOME WC SCOTT YEARS VS SERIAL NUMBER http://doublegunshop.com/dgsnos5.htmLIST PUTS YOUR GUN AT 1949. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT EARLIER Could someone please tell me what that mark farthest left is. I don't recognize it. Is it Scott's trade mark?
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Pooch, I think you misinterpreted "something". Evans serial numbers versus dates of manufacture are listed in a London Guns, book, title I don't recall.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Hopefully someone will set me straight.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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As previously posted by R Imbleau the gun would date from 1918. The London proof marks of 1904-1925 would bear that out. I am puzzled by a previous post saying that this gun should have both London & B'ham marks - what's that about ?
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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Pooch, my Evans pair is #11.031 and #11,032, dated by the chart that I accessed as 1916. I don't know what numbers, what company, and what chart you accessed to get 1949. Let us know where your information came from. Thanks.
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Sidelock
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Sidelock
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I have an Army Navy that is a similar model and it has the London Proof Marks. One of the London Marks I mistook for a Birmingham.
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