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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
    "The "24" marking seems rather common on P'53s in the US. Probably "unloaded" during the war as prime export material."

    JM, I think you must be right. Since Britishicon rifle-muskets used a (nominal) 0.577" bore, i.e. 25 gauge, and the Americans used a (nominal) 0.580" bore, i.e. 24 gauge, perhaps this was an "export" marking. It would be interesting to know what the actual bore is now.

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    "No offense to you but why "micro-welded"? The rear sights were originally quite effectively attached using solder and were nearly impossible to knock off when done that way. Is your gunsmith not able to solder? It is better, not to mention safer, on an original barrel....."

    Gew8805 is right. That would be a major sin against the restorer's creed of not doing anything irreversible. Solder can be unsoldered. But a weld cannot be unwelded.

    You would be irreversibly merging a repro sight with an original barrel. What are you going to do if you find an original sight one day**? Grind the replica off?

    Having once seen a beautiful shotgun barrel ruined by welding, I can only plead

    DO NOT WELD AN ANTIQUE BARREL - EVER!!!


    ** That is not empty speculation. Peter Dyson in the UK sometimes has such items for sale!
    Its acutally laser welding. I asked for it to be soldered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by majspud View Post
    Its acutally laser welding. I asked for it to be soldered.

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    Good for you.

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    I should have the Enfield and my 1812 Springfield M1795 (new main spring) back next week.

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    It sounds like the stockmaker might be Isaac Hollis and Sons - they had a War Department contract to supply Pattern 1853 and Snider rifles, and were well-known Britishicon manufacturers of shotguns and sporting arms from the 1860s to about World War I.

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    That was my first guess.

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