I found a letter written to me 'bout 6 yrs ago, a man who has his late father's 1895 .303, oct.bbl. rifle. #10,047, acquired it about 1940. The granddad, a machinist, mechanic, & gunsmith, didn't like the long length & chewed him (dad) out for it. So-o-o he cut down the oct. barrel and fixed it back to life. Son said he hasn't fired it in years.
