400NE,

I just went back to find the thread where we first discussed my .280 a year ago. AT THIS LINK. I remember you were interested in the Webley number on the forend loupe and how it related to the date of manufacture. At that time we were limited on the date because of the spread of dates in Nigel Brown's update of London Guns.

It now seems the date is pretty well established as 1912 by your astute observation in the Atkin, Grant & Lang book. How does that fit with your Webley research?

Again, thanks for all your interesting information and knowledge.

Curl