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HistoricBore
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Re: Lee Speed in 375 X 2½
      08/04/13 02:14 AM

That is a great find, and a very useable calibre! I would guess at a date of between 1900 and 1910. I cannot see a single shot cut-off device, so guess it might be later than some Lee-Speeds. The Mantons of Calcutta catalogue of 1925 shows a VERY similar rifle, but with the cut-off, so maybe it was made after WW1... Its price then was 260 rupees, when £1.00 bought 15 rupees. So that makes it £17-8-0 in old money. Not sure if India had Purchase Tax like the UK, but shipping would have added something to the cost of course. As you know, selling .303 rifles was forbidden in case they fell into the hands of rebellious natives.....

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* Lee Speed in 375 X 2½ Oldbrit 07/04/13 11:34 PM
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