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Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double?
      01/10/07 07:00 AM

Otto:

The "R" is applied to rifled long arms. The star over "S" is the inspector's mark. The crown over ELG in an oval is the definitive proof mark for a rifle having undergone single, final proof. The "11.1" is not the pressure, it's bore diameter in millimeters.

How did you decide that this gun is a .500/.450? Are there caliber markings on top of the barrel?

I presume you mean that .451" is the groove diameter? That sure is tight for a .450.

This is a good example of why it is often impossible to say for sure with a Belgian rifle in a caliber that was offered as both black and nitro. A .450 at 6 1/2 lbs, the answer is pretty clear. At 8.5 lbs, marked as proved for jacketed bullets, it could be full nitro. They made some that light. J. J. Perodeau had a no name Belgian Guild DR, a .500 Nitro, in his shop a while back. It weighed 9 lbs.

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* full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? bouldersmith 29/09/07 02:03 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 4seventy   01/10/07 07:25 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? Otto   01/10/07 09:38 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? tinker   02/10/07 01:01 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? peter   02/10/07 06:00 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? Otto   02/10/07 09:10 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? peter   09/10/07 07:38 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? Otto   09/10/07 11:08 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? herrdoktor   10/10/07 04:55 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 400NitroExpress   03/10/07 12:44 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? GeoffM24   03/10/07 10:27 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 500Nitro   03/10/07 11:01 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 400NitroExpress   03/10/07 12:24 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? GeoffM24   04/10/07 09:12 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 400NitroExpress   29/09/07 06:31 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? bouldersmith   29/09/07 10:17 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 400NitroExpress   30/09/07 04:12 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? Sarg   30/09/07 10:19 PM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? Otto   01/10/07 06:13 AM
. * * Re: full Nitro VS NFB in a belguim made double? 400NitroExpress   01/10/07 07:00 AM

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