For those who are interested, I now have the barrels but not the forend which was with them when Brian had them. I don't understand why the owner of the gun ever got rid of the Bernard barrels. I do know why it now has Krupp barrels - somebody thought the gun would be the perfect 'cowboy action gun' and cut these beautiful Bernard barrels to 21 5/8 inches.... There's just no explaining this kind of ignorance. But now even the forend is missing. Does anybody know where it is?
The only identification on the barrels, aside from the engraved legend on the top rib, is the four-digit number on the barrel tube right next to the forend loop... Is this the serial number of the gun?
Can anybody share some information on this gun or on F.A. Elliott?
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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