Thanks for the comments but what is "ridgedidge"? And Muffett, when you say it's a Lithgow H barrel do you mean the barrel itself is authentic or that the barrel was installed by Lithgow? Given that I payed sporter price for it it's of no great consequence- just curious and too much time on my hands. The picture shows our backyard two days ago and my range is up in the foothills and probably got 2 or 3 feet of snow.
Ridgedidge (Aussie Slang) = the real deal, and just about any other connotation you can come up with to pronounce something as the genuine article we have a very vast dialect here for such things.
I took it he meant its a Lithgow made H barrel rather than a shortened MLE barrel.
Ridolpho I can't offer you any more. It's very hard to determine the exact origins of theses things sometimes. It is what it is mate and if you want a lithgow H model, just restore it.
Ridgedidge (Aussie Slang) = the real deal, and just about any other connotation you can come up with to pronounce something as the genuine article we have a very vast dialect here for such things.
Had one years ago that appeared identical, including the finish and the markings struck after the bluing was applied. Had the deep-cut rifling, rather than the shallower cut seen on the later barrels (post-war?) Pretty rare thing in North America, especially with the action attached.
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Originally Posted by muffett.2008
