redriverjake
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Thank you for the insight and I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds. If you don't mind, I'll shoot you a PM and continue a sidebar conversation? CheersIf I had to purely speculate on what happened with the gun, I would suggest that the gun exhibited wear or damage and was a 26” or 28” gun. Cut back the barrels, move the front sight, re-regulate, thus equals reproof.
25” is an atypical barrel length for the original time period the gun was made. It is a desirable barrel length with today’s modern powders.
While anything is possible, I don’t think a chamber sleeve or a full length barrel sleeve is likely with such a high pressure caliber.
The ledger will ultimately tell the story when he gets it from University of Glasgow. Was it always a 470NE, but originally with 26” or 28” barrels? Or was it a smaller caliber such as 450NE or 450-400 that was re-bored? TBD, but I’d wager it was restocked and the barrels were cut down in 1989. I have no issue with either of those things, its a nice British gun.
In fact, it’s generally so clean and subdued, I’d be tempted to do a full restore Of the action with some modern engraving, CCH, and a reblack of the barrels. It’s a gun that would probably endure 100% restoration, and nothing would touch its equal for <$25,000 on the secondary market.