gripper
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My son Chase and I attended our local gun show this morning in Princeton, Il. It's a gun show I have been going to since I was little. It's hit and miss for the most part, but can usually find something to bring home. It started out well as I found a very nice 1st addition of Theodore Roosevelt's "African Game Trails". After some more looking I spotted a gun marked .455 1st model. I picked it up and much to my surprise it was chambered in .22 LR. I really didn't think for a minute it was factory original, but after looking over the conversion it was definitely first rate work. The gun has been British proofed. It has also been refinished....I assume at the same time as the conversion. The refinish job was very well done as the gun is not over polished or ruined in any way. I fired the gun when I got home and it shoots dead on with a six o'clock hold at 15 yards, so someone had their act together when they modified the front sight. It's really quite a unique piece. There are no caliber stamps on the barrel and I don't think there ever was as the patent dates and proof marks are very crisp, so that rules out any polishing out of the caliber stamps. Please check the pics out share your thoughts...
Chad Gripp
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