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Westley Richards engraved improved martini pictures

Here are some pictures of the new one. Can't wait to get this one going. It should be nice. Mike

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I'm not reeal sure what the 52 is that is in the picture that says for no.2 case, could that mean 52 grains of nitro, or black powder? Mike

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52 is the number of lead ball of bore size it takes to make a pound... 52 .45 calibar balls make a pound. This should be a .450 Musket number 2.

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Do you know where or when the engraving was done? The reason I ask is if you look at this rifle and you look at a rifle done in a British or even European workshop the engraving is almost like a...

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Re: Westley Richards engraved improved martini pictures

Pinky, I think you hit the nail on the head. A bunch of these rifles I'm almost assured of were in fact engraved in places like South Africa where they were used for hunting and in India. I would say...

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I think I see two different styles of engraving on the above gun. Standard English period-the scroll work, and colonial-India--the animal scene. I don't this was African done. They did have that type...

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