| 3DogMike |
| (.400 member) |
| 05/03/20 07:30 AM |
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Re: update - William Evans
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Thanks for the extra photos Mike. The front sight and base is exactly the same as on my Gibbs Rifle.
Looking forward to hear about any information from William Evans themselves.
Matt.
Matt,
I am now thinking that Evans, and possibly Gibbs, as well as others may well have sourced their Mannlichers “from the trade”.
I have a reproduction of the Webley & Scott Ltd. 1914 catalog, and my Wm. Evans is a dead nuts look alike for the 6.5 Mannlicher Rifle on page 23. The sights, the horn forend tip, the checkering pattern all a match.
So ordered the rifle in, ”sighted and shot” to be sure of regulation and function, then engraved the company name and details at least on the lesser grade rifles?
- Mike