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Re: Fraser Mystery
      21/11/10 02:45 AM

Right. The .303 rifles were handled differently, and not always consistently. For instance, I recently bought a Purdey .303 completed in 1897 that is marked "46.3 grains Rifleite" which is another standard pre-1904 .303 nitro proof.

Under the rules of 1904 the Birmingham Proof House discontinued the use of the two marks shown on my .303 Westley:



The mark used from 1904 to 1954 is this one:



Here's a full shot of the flats of my Webley & Scott .303 that dates to 1937-38 (reflecting the rules of 1925):





With the rules of 1954 Birmingham began using the "Crown over BNP" mark that is still in use today.

But I suppose we have gone far afield from the topic at hand, which is Huvius' spectacular Fraser single shot. Sorry for the digression.

Curl

edit:

P.S. I think the mark 470Evans referred to is called the "Scimitar over NP" (used by London Proof House only):






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Edited by CptCurl (21/11/10 02:53 AM)

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* Fraser Mystery HuviusModerator 15/11/10 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery CptCurlAdministrator   15/11/10 10:50 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery Anonymous   16/11/10 12:16 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery HuviusModerator   16/11/10 01:52 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery kuduae   20/11/10 09:06 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery TH44   20/11/10 10:03 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery CptCurlAdministrator   20/11/10 11:46 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery 470evans   21/11/10 12:13 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery CptCurlAdministrator   21/11/10 02:45 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery kuduae   23/11/10 09:21 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery CptCurlAdministrator   23/11/10 09:47 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery kuduae   24/11/10 07:53 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery Anonymous   11/02/11 07:15 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery HuviusModerator   12/02/11 01:30 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery Anonymous   12/02/11 06:25 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery Russ_Gould   06/10/11 05:04 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery 500Nitro   11/02/11 07:30 AM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery kamilaroi   16/11/10 02:37 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery HuviusModerator   19/11/10 03:46 PM
. * * Re: Fraser Mystery JabaliHunter   19/11/10 08:51 PM

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