By the way, Tinker, I know that gun quite well. The photos you posted are of a MacNaughton .303 that Mike Schwandt had a couple years ago. I handled an admired that rifle, and I scarfed the photos into my archive!

At the same time I was negotiating with Graham MacKinley for a similar MacNaughton he had bought at the GlenEagles auction in August 2006. Almost mint, supposedly. Very high priced, not supposedly.

Here's a photo of Graham MacKinley's rifle from the Sotheby's website, which I scarfed back then:

Cool rifles, for sure.

Monoblocked. Patent of 1899.

Curl