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Unread 02-12-2026, 07:29 AM   #1
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The gun was proved in 1963 (the Birmingham date code O B on lower left)
3 TONS proof is the standard for 2 1/2" chambers and would be for a max. service pressure of 9000 psi
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The gun was proved in 1963 (the Birmingham date code O B on lower left)
3 TONS proof is the standard for 2 1/2" chambers and would be for a max. service pressure of 9000 psi
Very cool. I'd love to know how a gun made in 1904 made it over to England to be proofed in 1963.

It looks like the silver inlay on the stock has a very faint "Winston Churchill" engraved.....ha ha .. kidding. If these old guns could only talk.

I load 12.9gr of Green Dot behind 3/4oz of 7 1/2s that is listed for 8700 PSI so I should be good to go.
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