A local gun auction has this No4 sporter for sale, with clues to a very strange history. I noticed it because it is a good candidate for restoring, and sure enough, it's a "Surrey" imported from the UKicon as a minimally modified sporter - a type I've worked on a few times. I'm excited because it's a Long Branch product with New Zealandicon service, which seems interesting. Then I notice many of the parts are stamped DP.
How and when could this have occurred? Did the English gun company export a Drill Purpose rifle for hunting use, knowingly? That seems extremely dodgy.
Thoughts?
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