WWI WRA 1897 Trench, barrel swapped with a pipe Wrench?
I just picked this up. It came out of an estate and they didn't know it was anything except for a shotgun.
Looking at it, the barrel has been swapped, and they used a pipe wrench as the tool to swap it. Anyone ever seen this done before on another one?
The barrel is a legit Trench gun barrel. It never had a bead sight and is marked CYL. It also does have inspection stamps on the underside that I will post, just because I'm curious is it recycled from another Trench Gun, or did they order some replacement barrels off WRA at some point?
I think other than the Barrel swap, it is all WWI and correct. If anyone sees anything not, please point it out.
It also has what might be a British/Canadian broad arrow stamp? I'm not sure, and I guess that might be a WRA inspection stamp of some sorts as well. I don't have another one to compare.
I'm a sucker for vise marks on the barrel as I think of the M1903's and the Marines, and there is a Marine serial hit about 40 digits off this one. Though this could have been done by Bubba as well back in the day, but I wouldn't think he would have used a real Trench gun barrel as a replacement. It certainly wasn't swapped any time recent.
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Is this a British/Canadian Broadarrow stamp? Or just a WRA inspector stamp?
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This same square R is stamped on the underside of the barrel. I don't know if it means anything?
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The barrel has for sure been removed.
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