Army and navy CSL london
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Some details would be good - all the proof marks on the barrels and water table, for a start. Calibre? Choked? And if so, how? A view with the barrels in place would give us some indication of how far off the face it might be - or not.
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If you do some digging around searching for Army &Navy CSL sales records, you can find the source, who will send you an electronic copy (essentially, just an email with the info) for free, or, for a price, copy the page of the sales record of your gun and mail it to you.
A&N CSL was a Co-op that served to sell good to very good quality items, to the far-flung corners of the British Empire, often, but not always, with an emphasis on supplies a serving Gentleman on a military Campaign might need. They tended to serve a bit higher Class of customer than the average.
A decently in focus picture of the proof marks on the underside of the Barrel lump will go a long ways to dating it.
Condition, both from a cosmetic, as well as purely mechanical perspective, is going to drive price.
A&N CSL was a Co-op that served to sell good to very good quality items, to the far-flung corners of the British Empire, often, but not always, with an emphasis on supplies a serving Gentleman on a military Campaign might need. They tended to serve a bit higher Class of customer than the average.
A decently in focus picture of the proof marks on the underside of the Barrel lump will go a long ways to dating it.
Condition, both from a cosmetic, as well as purely mechanical perspective, is going to drive price.
My Model B Mauser - in 7x57 - also came from the A&N in Great Victoria Street. It was taken out to Rhodesia in 1913, and came back to UK in 1990/91 when the family returned to escape persecution by Mugabe and his mobsters. I bought it from an auction in Liverpool in 92, cleaned it up, and set about using it as part of my vintage arms collection. About seven years ago my Tanazanian buddy, shooting both my African rifles, commented that he'd been to boarding school in Harare with a guy with the same surname as the original owner - it turned to to have been his grandfather.
