CptCurlAdministrator
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06/02/05 01:14 AM
Re:Woodward .450/400 3.25" & British proof marks

Earlier in this thread there was some discussion of Woodward "The Automatic" shotguns.

Last week I was at the Las Vegas Antique Arms Show, and I had the good fortune to look at a nice pair of Woodward 12 bore shotguns. On the standing breach they were marked, "The Automatic" (with no reference to the Woodward patent). In style they were classic Woodward - fine English scroll, fluted fences, frog-eye cocking indicators, etc.

In construction they differed markedly from my rifle. They were much later guns and had H&H type sidelocks with Scott top levers, and of course, A&D cocking levers in the bars. In that sense, very typical English SLE's. A beautiful pair of guns.

Velopex, were the shotguns you saw of this design, or were they underlevers with the type of locks of my Woodward rifle?

Best,
CptCurl



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