| buckstix |
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| 29/12/20 01:55 AM |
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Re: Another Most Interesting Rook Rifle - Mini-Snyder 360 #5 cal
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That's really nice, buckstix - REALLY nice "bit of kit".
Hello Daryl_S,
Thanks for the reply.
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Doesn't look like a Navy piece to me either, but those two were the only firearms that came up in the search for arrow through S proofs
Hello tinker,
Thanks for the reply.
I searched also for the "Arrow-through-S" and found what you did .... perhaps someone on the British Guns Forum can explain.
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I have always understood the arrow with 4 veins of fletching, through an S, to be the Snider Patents trademark.
Not a proof mark.
I have half a dozen .577 Sniders and most of them have this mark. Usually the Arrow/S is surrounded by the Snider Patent wording, rather than adjacent.
Perhaps the reduced dimensions of the rook configuration caused the wording to be crowded, and did not allow space for the Arrow mark within.
NFI why the Arrow/S would appear on the butt of a Smith & Wesson Navy revolver though!
Will attempt to research the patents used in the S&W Hand-ejector, maybe one of them was a Snider patent? Seems unlikely though...
Hello Marrakai,
Thanks for the reply.
If you find any additional information, please share it here. Thanks
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being conservative with unknown caliber is one of the reasons you become older now
shooting very well to excellent!
Hello lancaster,
Thanks for the reply.
I never thought of that way ... but you are correct.
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Much better photos Buckstix, those last ones certainly did it justice!
Nothing to be worried about that load mate - it prints just fine for an old girl with open sights!
Hello 93x64mm,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I need to get a better camera that doesn't have such high contrast.
I'm off to the ranhge to try some faster loads. Published data I found said 1000 fps was factory for the 300 No. 5 Rook cartridge. I'll be trying some Bullseye loads.