Frank,

What a grand old name that I can identify with! P Orr and Sons of Madras and Rangoon were in my former hometown in South India and I would go there as a boy to look at the guns that they had on sale. My father had his clinic across the road at the old Travancore Palace property (which was torn down to make way for government offices some twenty years ago) and though the company still exists, they sell cheap watches these days. All of the gunsmiths in Madras (since renamed Chennai) were employed at P Orr and Sons at one time.

Take it from me - your rifle would have a history that would be very interesting if you could trace it. In my personal opinion, there are three possibilities - the Chettinad royalty or Chettiar businessmen in Burma, some of the Andhra Zamindars or the Arcot or Hyderabad royal families would, most probably, have been the original owners considering the clientele that P Orr and Sons dealt with. As I often wonder when seeing lovely old guns, if only the rifle could talk!

Congratulations and do keep posting pictures especially when you hunt with her. You have a piece of Indian history from a past that is forever gone in your gunsafe.