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09-20-2018, 09:29 AM
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The 2 inch 12 is a wonderful cartridge. I have a Purdey light game gun and use RST 3/4 oz paper shells in it. It's kinda like a step back in time and it's the only 12 I hunt with.
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09-20-2018, 10:01 AM
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The 2-inch 12 was an English concept intended to provide the lightness and speed of a small bore (such as a 20), in a package that could deliver the superior patterning of a 12 -- especially with a light 3/4 oz. charge. These guns were NOT intended for loads of 1 oz. or heavier.
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Pics? I would dearly love to own a Purdey, but do not believe it is in the cards. Heck I am debating just the relatively low price of the Jeffery I am looking at.
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09-20-2018, 11:48 AM
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If the Jeffery is a boxlock, it was more likely made by Skimm'n and Wood. They made a lot of the 2" boxlocks for the trade. The 2" gun became popular in the late 20s and 30s. The British liked the idea of a lightweight 12 guns during this time (e.g. Churchill 25, Baker 12-20, 2" 12).
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This is a pic of the one I am looking at. It has a miller single select which I am not crazy about but oh well.
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09-20-2018, 03:43 PM
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here are the proof marks, which if my sparse reading is correct the gun was proofed in 1904 for Nitro powder 7/8 loads?
Woodcock Hill is also inscribed on the bottom of the rib. actually looking again, I think the crossed swords over the O indicates 1930s proofing I think....
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09-20-2018, 04:08 PM
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Looks Birmingham proofs to me. Around 1904. Can't discern the "crossed sword" stamp. Maybe the Woodcock Hill folks can help you:
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09-20-2018, 04:20 PM
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John you are far more knowledgeable than I in this regard, but don't the nitro proof mark and other proof marks just indicate it was proofed between 1904 and 1954? If there is something else that indicates year I am missing please educate me. I also didn't think 2 inch 12s came along until the 20s and 30s? It is definitely Birmingham.
I can't make out the small letters on the crossed swords, the larger letter below is a G I now believe, but I think that is an inspectors mark.
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