Dr. Drew:
Just went through the gun down at MW Reynolds. The book (Nigel Brown's British Gunmakers, Volume 3) actually lists George Newnham for both address and serial numbers (yea!). Not alot of information past that however. Clearly pre-1887 and much earlier than the lowest number in the book (sn 2719 is the earliest identified), this one's 205x, so some 600-plus units(?) before that lowest number listed. Sadly, no patent-use information on the action and no other data (like different address dates) to help me with it further. The gun is nicely on-face, the weight is spot-on at 6lbs2.5, it has a longer LOP than advertised (almost 14 3/4) and it even has more choke than listed in the right tube (10 points). The triggers are very nice and the ejectors are both strong and timed perfectly. Mark also pointed out to me that the pad has been made with elephant leather(!) so...even more politically incorrect than just being old and having Damascus tubes.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 12/23/23 06:26 PM.
