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PPCC600 replied to the thread The .500/450 Nitro Express..how common is it..?.I need to correct myself - it is an A. Hollis 500/450NE . A very fine rifle .
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PPCC600 replied to the thread Shooting your older shotguns.I’m glad you clarified the “Sweet 16” thing . I thought I had inadvertently stumbled onto the wrong site .
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PIndulging myself a bit... This is my favorite 12 - a 1930 Atkin lightweight self opener. My 16 gauge bird gun - 1915 Fox ejector...
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PI would bet a meaningful amount that the sidelock is a Lang - one of the more elegant and useful creations of the British Empire. It is...
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PI concur. The fences shout Stephen Grant. I'd send Atkin, Grant & Lang 75GBP to get a letter. They won't charge you if they can't prove...
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PThank you rookhawk. I did show it to Cal Pappas before before his passing and he also believed it to be a Stephen Grant firearm. I have...
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PVery cool guns. Jeffery never made a gun to my knowledge, so its always fun to try to figure out "whodunnit". Have you had an expert...
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PI have always admired sidelever guns. Here are two of my J.W. Jeffery shotguns, both 2 1/2 inch. One is an 1895 sidelock and the other a...
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PPCC600 replied to the thread The .500/450 Nitro Express..how common is it..?.A mate of mine has an I. Hollis sidelock 500/450 NE. Took an elephant with it . Very similar ballistics to the other 450/ 465/ 470/ 475...
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PPCC600 replied to the thread Hi from Down Under.Welcome from a Queenslander .
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PWelcome, and you've always got water buffalo and scrub bulls to practice on down under.
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PHi everyone, I've been a member of this great forum for several years so my "Hello there" post is well overdue. I'm fortunate that I...
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PHe’s one if not the best in Canada. Not many I would trust with higher end rifles.
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PIf you can find a copy of Speed's book on Mausers that would probably also be of interest.
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PPCC600 replied to the thread Mauser actions.A really helpful book .
