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Folks: Over on Guns International there is an old Westley Richards .318 WR Express. It's a neat looking old rifle in a neat old caliber. But I noticed something as I was looking at the pictures. Check these out. I don't know if these are the proof marks or not, but they seem to be stamped upside down. I can't imagine the barrel ever having been removed as all the furniture is right. I just thought this was odd. Do you think maybe the guys in the shop were having gin instead of tea in their cups one day? ![[Linked Image]](http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz265/mlward_ssa/WR318-2_zpscd369231.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz265/mlward_ssa/WR318-1_zps388275d0.jpg)
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What is that? A Remington? 
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No man, it's Westley Richards. The bolt handle is still there!!
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Is there a brewery near Westly Richards? British breweries are reputed to have run lunch and tea rooms for not only their own but nearby companies employees with free beer. LandRovers with assembly oddities are sometimes called 'Old Peculiers' because of one such reputed relationship between a Rover factory and a Theakston brewery. ![[Linked Image]](https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/79/bb/20/79bb20c0fdef69cd63af0cdfa2bcf15b.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S21h6GzjcFk/UWvaZeLhLnI/AAAAAAAAQQA/eECFHwR2w9s/s1600/1983+Land+Rover+Series+III+front+view.jpg)
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Cool old Rover! Gotta have an old WR to carry around in it. 
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Seriously though, I wonder why that stamp is upside down. Here's a link to the GB site that has a boat-load of pictures on it. From the looks of it, the stock may have also been repaired at one time, but I'll be danged if I can see any cracks. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=434763791
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Have you bid on it yet,Rev? That firearm has "class" written all over it.
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Have you bid on it yet,Rev? That firearm has "class" written all over it. You know, Elk, I didn't. You're right about it having "class" written all over it, but with my eyes I'd have to scope it, clear up why the bloomin' caliber stamp is upside down (a note to WR would probably do that), probably have to have it rebored to something else since the cordite has probably eaten away the insides, etc. But, you know, even at the asking price it ain't so bad. Know anyone who really likes old African calibers? Hmmm...why don't you buy it? 
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Think I can talk the wife into letting me buy that?
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Lots of class, like you said.
But look at some if the pics on the GB site. Does the stock look repaired? Are those brass tacks and plugs holding things together?
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No man, it's Westley Richards. The bolt handle is still there!! Touche'
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Yes,the stock is repaired. If you look at one of the close up pics near the end,there is a crack above the trigger/magazine that goes to the plug behind the trigger guard. Just broke my heart. 
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Might still be a shooter, just at a bigger discount. Bet one of the fellows on the gunsmith forum could fix it right up.
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I can see a crack there. Looks like it's holding though.
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And Woodleigh bullets...that's some expensive shooting.
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Might still be a shooter, just at a bigger discount. Bet one of the fellows on the gunsmith forum could fix it right up. Yup and then you could kill lots of pigs with it.
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Sort of heavy for feral hogs, don't you think?
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I wouldn't worry so much about the stamping being upside down. The broken wrist of the stock (it has three pins and a dowel holding it together) would worry me a lot more and the fact that, unless I missed it, the seller didn't address the condition of the bore.
Another thing that bothers me is that the caliber is marked on top of the barrel, but I don't see the name Westley Richards anywhere. A Westley Richards 425 mag I used to own years ago, had the name "Westley Richards" spelled out on it. Maybe that's the way they did it on their lower end rifles�.But it is something I'd have to know for sure before I plunked down $ for a WR marked rifle.
It is cool looking, but I just can't see anything special about it and I can see a bunch that really make me question this one.
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Not with iron sights and the range you shoot them at. IIRC the .318 WR is kinda like a .338-06,maybe a little slower with a 250 gr bullet,but it'll knock the snot out of them pigs. 
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I wouldn't worry so much about the stamping being upside down. The broken wrist of the stock (it has three pins and a dowel holding it together) would worry me a lot more and the fact that, unless I missed it, the seller didn't address the condition of the bore.
Another thing that bothers me is that the caliber is marked on top of the barrel, but I don't see the name Westley Richards anywhere. A Westley Richards 425 mag I used to own years ago, had the name "Westley Richards" spelled out on it. Maybe that's the way they did it on their lower end rifles�.But it is something I'd have to know for sure before I plunked down $ for a WR marked rifle.
It is cool looking, but I just can't see anything special about it and I can see a bunch that really make me question this one. All good points. I suppose a note to WR would help authenticate it one way or the other.
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