Lancaster,
So true; in my custodianship it will NEVER be butchered by a scope system. For all I know this may be the only Vickers double rifle in existence today, and even more rare in the .242 Express.
I collect & use these things for the love of what they were and not for what modern guys would wish them to be. (As well, I really do not like the types that snap these treasures up as “investments”, they were made to be enjoyed)

Nitro John,
Yes, original loads were 100 grain bullets at variously claimed 2800-3000 feet per second. My Cogswell & Harrison Mauser does nicely at ~2750’/sec. I shall see how this one shoots to get it to group together.
I suspect that with the powders available in the 1920’s and withrealistic barrel lengths that actual velocities were in the 2700’/sec range?
- Mike