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Re: dolls head?
11/07/07 02:20 PM

Ben:

It's hard to tell just from one photo. I'd sure have it gone over by a third party pro.

Lyon & Lyon, Army & Navy, Manton & Co...they were all retailers, and all used various trade makers so it's hard to generalize. I'd have to say that I've seen fewer Lyon & Lyon rifles that I'd have been happy with than A & N or Manton. However, because they each used a variety of trade makers, each rifle must be evaluated on it's own in terms of original quality. This is where being able to identify the trade maker can help.

Generally, Army & Navy and Manton are comparable because they used many of the same trade makers. Most A & N's are Webleys, but they also used Westley Richards, Osborne, Wilkes, etc. I'd say a lower percentage of the Manton's are from Webley, and some of Manton's stuff came from the Continent. Both sometimes used British suppliers that I haven't been able to identify.

Speaking in terms of the original quality of their double rifles GENERALLY...in my view, on average...Army & Navy, Manton, and Lyon a distant third.

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dolls head?	empirevr	04/07/07 06:40 AM
Re: dolls head?	4seventy	05/07/07 12:50 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	05/07/07 03:20 AM
Re: dolls head?	DUGABOY1	04/07/07 08:05 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	04/07/07 08:51 AM
Re: dolls head?	DUGABOY1	05/07/07 04:11 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	05/07/07 04:40 AM
Re: dolls head?	DUGABOY1	07/07/07 09:28 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	07/07/07 10:46 PM
Re: dolls head?	unspellable	10/07/07 12:49 AM
Re: dolls head?	DarylS	10/07/07 01:04 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	10/07/07 05:01 AM
Re: dolls head?	Omnivorous_Bob	10/07/07 10:23 AM
Re: dolls head?	Marrakai	10/07/07 01:33 PM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	10/07/07 05:47 PM
Re: dolls head?	unspellable	11/07/07 03:30 AM
Re: dolls head?	rigbymauser	11/07/07 04:15 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	11/07/07 05:35 AM
Re: dolls head?	400NitroExpress	11/07/07 08:33 AM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	11/07/07 08:43 AM
Re: dolls head?	400NitroExpress	11/07/07 02:20 PM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	12/07/07 01:57 AM
Re: dolls head?	Marrakai	04/07/07 01:13 PM
Re: dolls head?	empirevr	04/07/07 09:09 PM

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