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In reply to: Uhhhh, Roscoe? Are you serious? I am shocked, I say SHOCKED, that the owner of such an exceptional and rare example of British gunmaking art as "a hammerless 'B' Grade, body action (boxlock), non-fouling smooth oval bore, double-barrel non-ejector .280 rifle, No. 013487, built for Lord Charles FitzMaurice in 1912 by Charles Lancaster & Co." would NOT KNOW that said rifle was featured in a beautiful FULL PAGE color plate (captioned as preceeds in quotation) in a serious published work on the maker ("Atkin, Grant & Lang" by the late Don Masters; color plates between pages 100 and 101). I assume that the date and the customer's name came from the Lancaster records. Charles Lancaster & Co. was acquired by Grant & Lang in 1932 and a section of this book is devoted to them. I didn't see mention of this specific rifle in the text, (I just thumbed it), but I instantly recognized your rifle in the color plates. I assumed you knew. Get yo butt to the bookstore boy. The Lancaster records went to David Perkins of Charles Lancaster & Co., Ltd. The Firs, Bishopswood, Somerset TA20 3RU, in 1996. Tel/Fax 01460 234254. ----------------------------------------------------------- |