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A friend/gunsmith has picked it up and gone over it for me. Here's 3 more photos that he sent. Says that the bore is good.

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She's British proofed with the 'recipe' for .375 Nitro Express Rimless 2.25" cartridges, as is my 1924 proofed M1910 Takedown Model; CORDITE 43 - 270 MAX, 375 EX :


Maximum load 43 grains cordite (the 9.5 X 57 load was 45 grains), 270 grain projectile, .375 inch 'express'.





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that strip looks like it is there to accept soldering and not move probably a 2 part front base and that vis the base part ....Paul

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That's exactly how I see it.
Looks like a base had been soldered to it, poorly, then either removed or the poor solder job failed.

Super simple job to make it go away and to restore the finish.

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that strip looks like it is there to accept soldering and not move probably a 2 part front base and that vis the base part ....Paul

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A slight variation on that speculation:

Suppose the 'strip' is, indeed, a steel spacer (or saddle) soldered to the barrel on which to mount a front scope mounting ring of larger radius than the barrel diameter and that the scope mount was made of aluminum.

That theory could explain the holes as an effort to give purchase to an epoxy joint between aluminum scope ring and steel 'saddle' which eventually failed?




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