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Should have thought that there would have been some questions about this action! The release latch is just as one would expect on a droplock: ![]() Here you can see the locks. ![]() It has a Silvers pad and the cheekpiece has been let in for a pigskin pad. I am not sure when or by whom this was done but there is no mention of a leather pad in the ledger. The angle on this picture is goofy making the butt look really short. It has been shortened an inch though. ![]() This gun is #18114. Here in the ledger it is noted that it was made on #17921. Unfortunately, I still need to get that page from W.R. to see just what it was to begin with or if it was ever finished as a complete gun. As you can see they were all two trigger, ejector, fixed lock, carved fences, with coronet and greener side safety. ![]() He definitely had interesting taste in chamberings... The two ledger pages I have show the Maharaja of Alwar ordered nine double rifles at this time. #18109 .280HV #18110 .280HV #18111 .270 #18112 .270 (Noted as rebored to .280 and re-numbered #19772) #18114 My .350No.2 #18117 .280 #18118 .240H&H #18119 .240H&H #18120 .360 (altered from #9850 Detachable one trigger) All delivered on October 18th, 1926. The copies I have stop at #18120 so there could be more on the next page of the ledger. I know of one of the .270s (yes, .270 Winchester) which has had another set of barrels in .375 flanged magnum made for it. |