Thanks for the feed back Jani and Demonwolf. I was thinking its may have been made somewhere around that time or possibly even earlier than 1895.
The external pitting and that replacement pine insert on the forend are a bit unsightly but it probably contributed to the lower price.
I will almost certainly be at the next Vintagers meet Cadet and I'll get Peter Smith to give it a look over. I should probably source some reloading data for some black powder reloads while I'm there
The lighting on those pictures does distort the colour Ken, its shown slightly better in the last image.
I'm assuming that this method of welding these different tubes together was a cost and time cutting method of lower grade guns?
Cheers
