500Nitro
(.450 member)
05/05/10 05:30 PM
Re: Value on a W.J.Jeffrey & Co Ltd .450/400 3" double?

What to look for (seeing this is a 1905 gun).

Bore condition - sharpness of lands / grooves, No pits

Lack of "Frosting" - at the beginning of the barrel in front of chamber and any length of the barrel - NOTE, I don't have a problem with Frosting as long as the rifling in the 2nd half of the barrel is good.

Barrels "ring" true - hold them by the hook on your finger
and tap the muzzle with a spoon - both barrels should "ring"
like a bell. If not, rib is coming loose somewhere.


Half cock of hammers work - do a drop test onto something soft
like carpet at both full cock and half cock.



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