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Westley Richards Miniature
      #174886 - 05/02/11 01:44 PM

Westley Richards - London. Best Quality Miniature Droplock Ejector 300 Sherwood Double Rifle - Completed 1912



Provenance: Bhupinder Singh of Patiala

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, (Punjabi: 12 October 1891, Patiala–23 March 1938, Patiala) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938.

Honors:

* Delhi Durbar Gold Medal - 1903
* Delhi Durbar Gold Medal - 1911
* King George V Coronation Medal - 1911
* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) - 1911
* 1914 Star
* British War Medal - 1918
* Victory Medal - 1918
* Mentioned in Despatches - 1919
* Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy - 1918
* Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile of Egypt - 1918
* Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold of Belgium - 1918
* Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) - 1918
* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) - for war services, New Year Honours 1921[6]
* Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) - 1922
* Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania - 1922
* Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece - 1926
* Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III of Spain - 1928
* Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia - 1930
* Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur of France - 1930
* King George V Silver Jubilee Medal - 1935
* King George VI Coronation Medal - 1937
* Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus of Italy - 1935
* Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great of the Vatican - 1935
* Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog of Denmark






























Edited by CptCurl (05/02/11 10:32 PM)

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baileybradshaw
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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #174888 - 05/02/11 02:30 PM

Good grief....now I won't be able to sleep

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: baileybradshaw]
      #174891 - 05/02/11 02:40 PM

Neat stuff!




I'll sleep, no problem there at all.
Dreams of tigers and ships and palaces, fine spices and women and silk..!







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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: tinker]
      #174915 - 05/02/11 07:16 PM

Good grief Charlie Brown! I remember a copy of a WR cattledog stating that due to the more intricate processes in constructing a smallbore Double (especially 25 Savage and 22HP) that a higher price prevailed.

Still holds true!

Hold fast Bailey, your smallbores are much appreciated!

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #174922 - 05/02/11 08:40 PM

Awesome rifle, just beautiful!

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: 4seventy]
      #174926 - 05/02/11 10:32 PM

That is simply wonderful! I want one.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: kamilaroi]
      #174933 - 06/02/11 01:47 AM

Quote:

Good grief Charlie Brown! I remember a copy of a WR cattledog stating that due to the more intricate processes in constructing a smallbore Double (especially 25 Savage and 22HP) that a higher price prevailed.

Still holds true!

Hold fast Bailey, your smallbores are much appreciated!





I concur, and learned that the hard way.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: baileybradshaw]
      #174934 - 06/02/11 03:12 AM

Quote:

Quote:

Good grief Charlie Brown! I remember a copy of a WR cattledog stating that due to the more intricate processes in constructing a smallbore Double (especially 25 Savage and 22HP) that a higher price prevailed.

Still holds true!

Hold fast Bailey, your smallbores are much appreciated!




I concur, and learned that the hard way.



Gentlemen, thank you. I was very fortunate to land this little double, I also have a 22HP but its built on a slightly larger droplock frame than this one. The action on this 300 model is so petite my daughter can wrap her entire hand around it.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #174970 - 06/02/11 11:16 AM

And with a single trigger to boot. My little doubles are built on .410 sized frames, and I wouldn't even consider going smaller.

You are indeed fortunate with this one General.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: baileybradshaw]
      #174988 - 06/02/11 05:39 PM

Beautiful doublerifle. Congratulation GW. You have bought a little piece of denmark:LOL

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: rigbymauser]
      #175275 - 11/02/11 02:36 AM

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Beautiful doublerifle. Congratulation GW. You have bought a little piece of denmark:LOL



Denmark is certainly lovely thank you my friend.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175276 - 11/02/11 03:34 AM

Sorry Generalwar, it looks magic but what calibre is 300 Sherwood ?? can you put the rifle next to something so I can see the scale, love the spare locks !! best, Mike

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #175285 - 11/02/11 04:48 AM

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Sorry Generalwar, it looks magic but what calibre is 300 Sherwood ?? can you put the rifle next to something so I can see the scale, love the spare locks !! best, Mike



No problem Mike gives me a reason to try my new Nikon

The 300 Sherwood calibre was built for Buck, Fallow Deer, and Roe and developed as a proprietary cartridge by Westley Richards in 1901. Its a very light calibre, I reckon to be used for target shooting and light medium game at the time. It was designed to shoot both solid lead, and the amazing LT capped bullets. Ballistics are 1400 FPS and 610 joule. Weight of the gun is a mere 7 lbs.

Here is the picture you requested, as using a US quarter to view scaling.



Edited by CptCurl (11/02/11 07:45 AM)

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175288 - 11/02/11 04:57 AM

Dammit, I don´t know the size of a quarter though I have an idea Put it alongside one of your "standard" Westley 470´s so I can get a better idea, best,
Mike

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175290 - 11/02/11 05:05 AM

That is okay for those who are familiar with the US quarter.

This is a beautiful little rifle and a few more pic's from your Nikon would be apreciated, especially with a 300 cartridge ( I have checked it out in COTW ) and with a more recognisable comparison to those of us who are in the rest of the world.

Von Gruff.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: VonGruff]
      #175292 - 11/02/11 05:07 AM

Quote:

That is okay for those who are familiar with the US quarter.

This is a beautiful little rifle and a few more pic's from your Nikon would be apreciated, especially with a 300 cartridge ( I have checked it out in COTW ) and with a more recognisable comparison to those of us who are in the rest of the world.

Von Gruff.



Thank you. I have the cartridges on order at this time, none however available to picture as of yet. Soon though..

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175338 - 11/02/11 04:56 PM

Generalwar, I think you should be banned from this site for inflicting a severe state of envy on your fellow members. What a beautiful gun and in that old cartridge too. Is that a barrel selector showing above the trigger in the 4th photo?

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #175352 - 12/02/11 01:08 AM

A quarter is approximately 1" in diameter.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: Carpetsahib]
      #175354 - 12/02/11 01:19 AM

A quarter is roughly the size of a euro, IIRC.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: CptCurl]
      #175356 - 12/02/11 02:30 AM

What a gun!!
Maybe I need to place my Manton next to your Westley. Might restore some of the case colors in the action - at least the greens might come back...
I love small bore doubles when they are scaled properly.
I have a Webley '02 in 300 Sherwood but unfortunately the bore is shizzit.
Bet this one was the perfect blackbuck rifle. Great for the running second shot.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: Huvius]
      #175359 - 12/02/11 03:04 AM

It’s good to be back on the forum.

GWar,
Its a Beautiful rifle.I can go on and on for hours about Maharajah Bhupinder Singh, anyways it is always a pleasure to see a Patiala gun since I am from Patiala .



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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: Huvius]
      #175362 - 12/02/11 04:47 AM

Quote:

What a gun!!
Maybe I need to place my Manton next to your Westley. Might restore some of the case colors in the action - at least the greens might come back...
I love small bore doubles when they are scaled properly.
I have a Webley '02 in 300 Sherwood but unfortunately the bore is shizzit.
Bet this one was the perfect blackbuck rifle. Great for the running second shot.



They would look good together!

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: DandyofPunjab]
      #175363 - 12/02/11 04:48 AM

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It’s good to be back on the forum.

GWar,
Its a Beautiful rifle.I can go on and on for hours about Maharajah Bhupinder Singh, anyways it is always a pleasure to see a Patiala gun since I am from Patiala .

Dandy



Hi Dandy I hope all is well. I was wondering what you were up to, I knew you would like this one my friend.

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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175429 - 13/02/11 03:10 AM

Hi GWar,

I am very well thank you. How are things on your end, I’ve been a bit busy with work lately.
The rifle is a stunner. Maharajah Bhupinder singh did have a thing for WR’s.


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Re: Westley Richards Miniature [Re: ]
      #175444 - 13/02/11 10:43 AM

Can someone ad a picture of a 300 Sherwood?

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