You're missing the point - if NE rifles had already been around for over a quarter of a century, who had this one built for them in 1925 and why? Was it just to show off the gun makers art, or for a retro-style hunt, or was the owner just someone who didn't believe in the new-fangled NE powders... who knows?
Inferring insults won't help anyone find out though..... especially as I'm pretty sure everyone in the above thread knows what a paradox is (pun intended)