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Hector I have fixed the links to your pictures for you. Here is what they should look like.

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What you had were links to the webpage.

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Photo 1: three marks
(left to right)
provisional proof of barrels of the Birmingham Company
Serie’s number of the rifle
Private proof mark of Ketland, Birmingham

Photo 2:
Between two Private proof mark of Ketland, Birmingham, it’s have the number 38 ???

Photo 3:
Identification of the cartridge: Express for Nª2 Case or 577-500 Nº2 or .500 Nº2

Photo 4:
In what year beginning to use this marks?

Photo 5:
Trade mark and address

Photo 6:
WM ???
J ???
A ???
/// These marks are repeated in the wood and the action. It’s the gunsmith mark?
83 ??? Could be this the data of production of the rifle or action -1883-?

Photo 7:
2 ¾ cartridge lengh?
Power 40 ??? This is difficult to read, do you thing that said power or other word? 40 it’s the weigh of power for what caliber? Not for 577-500 Nª2

Photo 8:
P
W in only one mark (not separated), it’s repeated in two parts of the gun??
2

Below it’s N ???

Hector your English is not bad. You are able to communicate your message. We all understood. Now my Spanish…mi espanol is muy mal. Is sufficiente por comunicacion y nada mas.

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DD, Ret.

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