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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 346 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Gunshow find Dec 6^th, 2025 at 3:08pm	Print Post
	Local gunshow was this morning. Walked out with a low wall in 22lr. British proof marks, good bore, #1 barrel, Lyman tang sight, factory rear barrel sight, BSA globe front.


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Old-Win Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1789 Location: Minnesota Joined: Nov 24^th, 2005	Re: Gunshow find Reply #1 - Dec 6^th, 2025 at 3:18pm	Print Post
	It's in nice shape, you don't find them in that condition very often. Good find!


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TomKlinger Full Member Offline Posts: 189 Location: Central Florida Joined: Feb 17^th, 2019	Re: Gunshow find Reply #2 - Dec 6^th, 2025 at 3:18pm	Print Post
	rifleman Nice rifle! Tom Klinger


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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 346 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Gunshow find Reply #3 - Dec 6^th, 2025 at 5:52pm	Print Post
	Changed front sight to a Lyman Combination, pulled rear barrel sight to get it out of the way and took it down to junk pile and tried it on an old freezer. Got it close to zeroed. Maybe better weather tomorrow.


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Babydriver Full Member Offline Posts: 175 Joined: Mar 22^nd, 2024	Re: Gunshow find Reply #4 - Dec 6^th, 2025 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	What was the cost of admission and not the gun show?😂😂👍


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17427 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Gunshow find Reply #5 - Dec 7^th, 2025 at 11:59am	Print Post
	Nice rifle Jordan! It's pretty rare to ever see a rifle go to England that didn't have a shotgun buttplate. Every single shot or lever action I've ever bought with British proofs had a shotgun buttplate. Great find, and very nice condition!

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2932 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Gunshow find Reply #6 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 3:29am	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Dec 7^th, 2025 at 11:59am: Nice rifle Jordan! It's pretty rare to ever see a rifle go to England that didn't have a shotgun buttplate. Every single shot or lever action I've ever bought with British proofs had a shotgun buttplate. Great find, and very nice condition! Butt stocks are interchangeable. The buttstock could have been switched after the rifle was returned to USA. Is that a reblue job?


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 646 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Gunshow find Reply #7 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 6:23am	Print Post
	Great rifle! The finish looks all original and those London Proofs are struck deep. ... very, very cool gun ... congrats!


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2291 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Gunshow find Reply #8 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 9:35am	Print Post
	"took it down to junk pile and tried it on an old freezer" Have you been reading some posts on the Shiloh forum? Nice rifle! GT

	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk" T. A. Edison "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right" M.T.
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rifleman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 346 Joined: Aug 4^th, 2015	Re: Gunshow find Reply #9 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 10:33am	Print Post
	Doesnt strike me as a reblue, though the proof marks have blueing in them. Guess I will have to get a letter from Cody and see if it came this way. Greg, freezers, fridges, washers and dryers make for the best targets especially when starting out. Sometimes thats as far as I get with a rifle.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17427 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Gunshow find Reply #10 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 2:25pm	Print Post
	waterman wrote on Dec 8^th, 2025 at 3:29am: [quote author=24283B2520272E3C30490 link=1765051720/5#5 date=1765126781] Butt stocks are interchangeable. The buttstock could have been switched after the rifle was returned to USA. Is that a reblue job? Well they are on some guns like Winchesters! But other companies serial numbered everything, including wood and changing them is easy to check.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4201 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Gunshow find Reply #11 - Dec 8^th, 2025 at 4:07pm	Print Post
	Speaking of shooting at washers reminded me of the time at a dump in New Mexico when I headed out to post a target of the side of an old washer. As I started to kneel down on some newspaper that was on the ground next to the washer I was greeted by a rattlesnake's tail alert that it would not be a good idea to continue. I found another old washer with no paper.


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