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  1. 03-10-2023, 09:58 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by No.3 View Post
    The rest of the article the photo is from might help:

    https://www.vintageguns.co.uk/magazi...ed%20in%201896.

    The thing there is the NP mark was not in use until 1896 - so if it predates the marking that indicates the practice of nitro proof testing was 'regulated' then it would have to be BP?????
    Yes agree re NP and BP proofs around that time

    This is late BP and not marked BP because everything was BP anyway.

    It has a very long freebore ( not wear ) so I think it was for big bullets like the .500/570/120 3" which was a thing and Jeffery was making them in 1894
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