Marrakai,

Thank's for taking the time to post on your rifle.

It's a damn shame that the owner of the Jeffery records is proving to be so inaccessable. Perhaps somebody in the US knows the guy and could give him a "tune-up"?

The post 1924 Proof Marks on your rifle makes it comparatively late in the scheme of things, so when you get your Ledger copy it shall be interesting to see who the "maker" was.

I found your comment on the "naive" style of the Tigers interesting - I share your view that the style is Indian in origin. Certainly, it is in keeping with the typical illustrations found in books and etchings from the Rajputana region in India - indeed, I have some of these that I picked up in Jaipur once that are "dead ringers" for the Jeffery tigers.

Regarding the Provenance, I would have thought that if your had rifle came out of a Marharaja's Armoury, the number engraved on the oval might have been in Sanskrit?

Regards,

470R