Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
Originally Posted by Recoil Rob
I just took a quick tour through them and half look to be from the same maker as my Hellis, the ones with the block letter gold inlay on the rib FOR 2 INCH CASE ONLY".

Interesting, Dickson lot 2148 is proofed for 1-1/8oz. yet only weighs 5-5 with 27" barrels.

That Curry is nice though.


I have a hypothesis that the rather blocky, somewhat unattractive gold lettering, is on guns that originated with Skimin and Wood making the bare bones of the gun and then selling them off to other makers to finish.
Here's a man who lives in Asia that has an S&W depicted which bears the same warning:
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=356006&page=1