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Splendid that you still have your grandfather’s lovely gun, and delighted that he survived his ordeal and returned to enjoy his purchase.

Thank you for your most informative post, and the article from “Explora”.

I have long wondered if the T prefix signifies “made in the Trade” or “made for the Trade”?

Reading their article the answer seems to be “either or both (and on occasion perhaps neither?)”.

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My own example ( yes, I know it needs re-jointing and, no, it was not me who thought it was a good idea to use a scratch card to clean the outside of the barrrels) is a T52xx dating from1912.

It has a Greener style cross-bolt rather than the WR dolls head and the marking on the top extension would appear to have been applied when it was made.

My guess is that the intriguing “Ford’s Hammerless Warrior’s Gun” was stamped on after it arrived in Pietermaritzburg?

Last edited by Parabola; 07/04/26 05:43 AM.