watching this gun on gb......https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/978501975
i'm trying to puzzle out the proof marks on this one....j. macnaughton marked frame, bearing his serial #905, and a & d patent use # 4641....and wearing a barrel set by dickson & son (photos show no serial #). the barrel set has two sets of proofs; first was done under 1925 rules (?),...and second is quite modern (2005?) showing honing from .720 to .732, and extending chambers to 70mm.
the action appears to be a second or third era wesley richards....which should be 1890ish, and has two sets of pikes with lettering that i can't make out. i am guessing that the gun is from that time period, and must have been rebarreled by dickson in 20's - 30's, (maybe still in edinburgh at that time?), thus no reproof markings....and then back to b-ham some time after 2005 with fresh reproofing marks.
am i correct in assuming that the recent "crown over std" mark are the modern equal of the "nitro proof 1 1/8", or later "3 ton per square inch"?
best regards,
tom
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