I know that when some English rifles and shotguns came out of India they had small identification numbers stamped into the stocks. For example,some guns that belonged to the Nizam of Hyderabad were stamped "EXP" with a number stamped in the stock.
I was looking at a 1902 Webley .450 nitro express that has the following numbers stamped in the stock: 14 with 323 stamped below the 14. I would like to find out if this rifle did indeed come from India and what the 14 over 323 stamp means. I was told that the numbers were stamped on the stocks by a government official when the gun was sold to a buyer outside India. I think that the numbers tell what part of India that the gun came from.
Thanks for your help.
Last edited by LD1; 03/13/15 04:38 PM.