I have come across
an interesting gun at the shop. Each of these is a learning experience and this is no exception. Perusing my apparently limited references provides few answers.
It is a P. Webley & Sons, side-by-side, hammer, top-lever, damascus barreled 12 gauge shotgun. Very nice condition. Dating it seems to be problematic. It must at the least pre-date 1897 as Webley merged with W & C Scott to become Webley and Scott in 1897. It is marked P. Webley & Sons, St. James London on the rib. I understand that the spurious St. James address went away in 1870 or so. As you can see the water table has the Webley Scott trademark that was in use in 1922. The SN is 24186. I think it has the 2Ľ" chambers but didn't have the opportunity to measure them. The barrels do not seem to have ever been dented, are browned, there is no pitting or obvious corrosion inside or out.
There are no cracks in the stock, no chips, etc. I really didn't have available lighting to get photos of the whole gun but really only wanted the stamps today anyway.
So what do you think? A re-built gun? Value? It isn't nitro proofed, is it?
I'm really at a loss as to the choke marks.
