A couple more pictures and some more information. It has been re-blued and the stock has been refinished unfortunately but from what I know of its history this was done back in the 70's and it has been with the previous owner from the late 70's or early 80's. Never shot just stuck in a safe.
Managed to find a new set of CH dies in Aus and have formed a few cases from new 06 brass which was a lot easier than expected. I am currently playing with an 1885 Winchester in 38/56 using lead projectiles. I took one of these and made up a dummy round to the approximate length shown in the Eley print. Much to my delight, it actually feeds from the magazine. The projectiles are oversize but should work well for case fire forming.
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