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I'll hazard a guess that way back when England's gun laws started to become draconian in nature, a fair number of rifles were 'evacuated' back to this side of the Atlantic- Canada being a logical destination. Any gun imported into the UK had to be proofed at the gov't proof house before it could be sold, as well as any gun freshly built there. Many years ago I had a Model 1893 Marlin B grade (barrel marked "for Black Powder") with a full set of English proofs. Bought it through the mail from someone in Minnesota. (Kind of close to Canada, no?)
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I have seen 3 or 4 99s with British proofs, have seen a few listed for sale that were still in England, and have owned at least one myself but I sold it...
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Bought it through the mail from someone in Minnesota. (Kind of close to Canada, no?) Only counts in horseshoe's and hand grenades.
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Another angle to consider regarding American guns with British proofmarks (but not in this case I think) is the tons of rifles loaned by U.S. citizens to the Home Guard in 1940 when England was on the ropes. Many of them made it back here after the war. I personally viewed a Winchester 54 in .30/06 that made the trip over and back, with British proofs on it. I wonder how many U.S. lever actions were donated too.
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That sounds like the most logical answer yet.
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Do you have serial number 1127 in .35 rem ?
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looks like vintageautomobilia has not been on here since last July... it would be nice to see an update list and see that it gets maintained.
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I, recently purchased a 425 that has some minor pitting on the barrel should I have it reblued ? I do not think that it will detract from the value. Any advice ?
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Don't reblue... that would be bad... just clean out the rust and keep it oiled lightly. on a side note, I was doing a little googling around and found reference to someone claiming to own one with a 3 digit serial numbers... which would sort of blow out the water the idea that they started at 1000. http://www.assra.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1276204271
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He says this about 5 posts down from that: Also it's not a 3 digit number, thats the model number 425 serial number is 31XX
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opps...nice catch... I'd really like to see Pete's list ... just googling find a few ppl talking about their guns and lists chambering and serials...
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P.M. him and ask him to update the list.
Last I saw the 25 Rem was still the rarest.
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I looked the other day and he has not been online here since last summer... I might hit him up though...
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He's still around, he's been on alot at Firearms Talk, big thread on the 425's there.
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Hello Everyone, Does anyone have an extra model 425 magazine tube and its assembly parts for sale? If so contact me Thanks Mike Dahl starman1gone2 yahoo.com or 252-259-2607
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Numrich has some parts for the Model 425 in stock. Nothing I can use though. Check the web site.
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Mike, ever come cross a buttplate yet?
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Do we have the following rifles accounted for: ser# 2100 in 25 rem ser# 4313 in 35 rem ser# 1332 in 30 rem ser# 2526 in 32 rem
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Mike,
Did you buy all of these? I bid on all of them and thought they sold VERY reasonably. 1332 and 2526 both looked like nice rifles to me. Congrats if you were the buyer.
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