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Thanks Rick your right the barrel proofs should narrow the dating. I understand most of the barrels came from Birmingham as Canada didn't have a recognized proof house then (or a source of barrels)
not just the barrels, since we can see the mark on the water table

Birmingham makers would supply finished guns with someone else's name, or parts in the white for other makers to finish
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