Originally Posted by graybeardtmm3
i'll add an opinion regarding the question of the source of the action;
several pages back, in some of your photos, there are two different serial numbers shown. one is a four-digit number that is repeated on several parts, the other appears to be 56555. numerous of the market supplied actions will display double serial numbers - one from the firm that produced the action, the other from the concern that finished and sold the completed gun. i would wager that the four-digit is the baker number - and that the 56555 is a webley-scott production number. that would put production of the action in 1899, after the amalgamation of webley and scott, when the screw-grip action was widely marketed, in the time period when damascus barrels were frequently nitro proofed, and during a fairly short interval when overhanging sears were not uncommon on their guns.

i have a 1902 webley screw-grip with both nitro proofed damascus, and overhanging sears - built for mahillon in brussels

Thank you for that detail.

I've added it to my document for the gun.

Originally Posted by keith
The NRA has proven itself unreliable and corrupt. Period.