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Darn, you are right Dr. Drew...don't know what I was thinking. I'll go back and post barrel flats.
Last edited by Argo44; 04/15/21 06:52 PM.
Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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Regarding the "not for ball", without addressing the particular gun in question. At the time "balls" were bore size or nearly so, and therefore larger than choke diameter and shouldn't have been used. With the advent of modern slugs such as Foster(?) or Brenneke, the situation changed and modern slugs are made so they can be used in choked barrels without damaging them. This is sometimes questioned on various forums.
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For the record here are the Earliest Reilly advertisements mentioning "choke-bore" 1875 - "British Rural Sports" ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/63252_600x400.jpg) 1875 - Bradshaw Travel book for GB and N.Ireland (This ad continued for a couple of years) - the "guns bored for extra close shooting or penetration" was Reilly code for choke boring. ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/63253_586x768.jpg)
Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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There are a couple of points to be made here, raised by previous posts: NOT FOR BALL is definately marked both on barrels and flats in individual examples. Whether investigation would show that the mark moved from one to the other at a certain time, I don't know, but I have seen plenty on both.
As regards dating, the NFB mark was introduced in 1875 for guns with 'significant choke' so a few thou constriction didn't necessarily get marked NFB. I would assume that the gun in the OP was made cylinder and bored out with the choke area retained, hence the choke, as suggested by some posts. The other mark that came in in 1887 was the nominal bore size in a diamond so if that is not there, the gun dates from pre-1887. If you look at all the examples shown, none have the diamond.
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