| 470Rigby |
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| 23/12/04 02:38 PM |
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Re:Woodward .450/400 3.25" & British proof marks
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Cpt Crl
In reply to:
the Woodward "Automatic" action. Can you tell me some of what you know?
The article by Donald Tate the Summer 1993 issue if DJG is pretty comprehensive, so there is little point in trying to precis it here. If I get a chance to scan the article, I will post it here!
Meanwhile, here is a contemporary advertisement from "Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle" by J.H. Walshe ("Stonehenge") published in 1882, that decribes the attributes of the action;
