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Re: No1 on usedguns in australia
19/01/18 10:32 PM

Its arrived and cleaned up ok. Bores gone and it keyholes at 40m with .312 215 gr woodleighs.
it handles and points well. Has some interesting markings. HON R B COLE on receiver strap.
A bit of research shows the rifle may have had a interesting history.
Heres some info of R B Cole.....

Frank Holderness Gale - 1908 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
Q9 THE HON. R. B. COLE. A younger son of Lord Enniskillen and a brother of Lady Delamere, Mr. Cole came to British East Africa in 1904 from India, where he had been serving in the 9th Lancers. Previous to arriving in the country he had taken up 5,000 acres of land at Likipia. The present farm is at Njoro, and runs to 10,000 acres. It was acquired in 1905, and later the homestead land of 1,000 acres was bought. Mr. Cole has also 15,000 acres of land on the slopes of Mount Kenia, ...
Military Operations East Africa: August 1914-September 1916. Volume 1

1941 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
In February 1915 a mutiny occurred in a small unit of Somali mounted infantry (K.A.R.) commanded by Captain the Hon. R. B. Cole, which had previously done good work; whether this was from religious causes, or from dissatisfaction among men of a race by nature unruly, is uncertain. The unit was disbanded, a new M.I. unit being formed under Captain Cole with personnel from the 2/L. North Lancs., into which the loyal remnant of Somalis was absorbed, the whole being then …

Heres some pics of the rifle cheers Mick

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No1 on usedguns in australia	henry_r	03/01/18 07:28 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Waidmannsheil	03/01/18 07:43 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	264	03/01/18 08:13 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Waidmannsheil	03/01/18 11:42 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	93x64mm	04/01/18 07:27 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Rule303	04/01/18 08:44 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Roy	05/01/18 02:23 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Old_rifle_nut	05/01/18 09:34 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	NitroX	12/01/18 08:32 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Rockdoc	13/01/18 08:15 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	264	19/01/18 10:32 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	264	19/01/18 10:35 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Levallois	20/01/18 02:19 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	DarylS	20/01/18 04:15 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	93x64mm	20/01/18 05:14 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	NitroX	20/01/18 05:57 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	264	20/01/18 05:55 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	darwinmauser	26/02/18 09:40 PM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	englishman_ca	27/02/18 05:37 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	darwinmauser	27/02/18 11:32 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	Old_rifle_nut	27/02/18 09:00 AM
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Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	bwanabobftw	20/03/18 01:08 AM
Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	AlanD	04/03/18 11:34 AM
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Re: No1 on usedguns in australia	264	03/01/18 06:49 PM
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