It's not the first or last initial of the previous owner...so your guess is as good as mine...but I did find out from talking to his son, that he purchased the Purdey in Germany, and not India as I was wondering...the son says he has the receipt somewhere.
Does you 1903 look like this? Is there any visual differences?
I also have a Steyr Mannlicher half stock rifle that's pre Schoenour meaning no rotary magazine...it looks just like a Mannlicher Haenel, but not by Haenel...the magazine looks half way between a Krag and a Mauser 98 magazine

Last edited by Robert Chambers; 10/20/07 02:31 PM.