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Re: this ones killing me..
25/03/06 03:14 AM

OWD:

I've heard about the Belgian connection for years, and remain unconvinced. A great many "London" DRs bear Birmingham proof marks, trade marks of Birmingham firms, signatures of well-known Birmingham barrel filers, etc. However, I've never seen anything on a British DR (other than Manton of Calcutta) that would support a Belgian connection.

All of these British DRs of supposedly Belgian make that I've handled over the years have uniformly borne provisional English proof - which is conducted on the rough blanks before they are joined up into barrel sets. I suppose it's possible that the blanks were sent to England for provisional proof and returned to Belgium, but I'm not sure that I buy that. It would have been a lot of trouble to go to with quite a number of double rifle specialists available in Birmingham. These rifles were also of English definitive proof, and some had British barrel filers' signatures.

The rifle in question was made by a trade maker for Lancaster, as it bears the trade maker's serial number in addition to Lancaster's. My Watson Brothers did as well. I have no idea who it was. I've heard the Lincoln Jeffries reference before, but can't prove or disprove it.
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this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	21/03/06 03:38 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	22/03/06 05:10 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	375Brno	22/03/06 08:43 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	23/03/06 02:02 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	21/03/06 04:27 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	23/03/06 02:06 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	AdamTayler	24/03/06 02:20 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	4seventy	21/03/06 09:12 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	21/03/06 09:17 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	01/04/06 03:27 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	01/04/06 04:12 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	MopaneMike	01/04/06 07:41 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	25/03/06 01:59 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 03:14 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	25/03/06 05:13 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 07:30 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	25/03/06 09:57 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	28/03/06 04:37 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	30/03/06 06:39 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	26/03/06 10:44 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	26/03/06 08:50 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	mehulkamdar	28/03/06 02:45 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	OWD	27/03/06 02:01 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	27/03/06 03:43 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	27/03/06 05:12 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	DoubleD	27/03/06 05:22 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	25/03/06 07:46 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	25/03/06 11:38 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	500Nitro	26/03/06 02:03 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	RLI	26/03/06 03:07 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	Marrakai	21/03/06 11:24 PM
Re: this ones killing me..	400NitroExpress	22/03/06 01:32 AM
Re: this ones killing me..	4seventy	22/03/06 09:27 AM

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