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Lagopus, the original proof marks don’t show the original Rook calibre, but Graham Greener kindly looked it up for me and it was one of a batch of .380 Long Rook Rifles Greener’s bought in from Thomas as per the above entry for number 24884.

Curiously although it us marked as being Thomas’s 1871 patent it has Purdey’s double bite.

The original Thomas Patent guns (like my William Moore and Grey) only had a single bite on the rear lump.

Last edited by Parabola; 07/04/23 12:19 PM.