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Roomy6641

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Is anyone able to tell me what exactly this is please? There are No markings externally I can find. Barrel length is 55.5cm or under 22 inches long. Overall length is 96cm or just under 38 inches long from front of muzzle back to top of the butt.
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Roomy UK
 
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Is anyone able to tell me what exactly this is please? There are No markings externally I can find. Barrel length is 55.5cm or under 22 inches long. Overall length is 96cm or just under 38 inches long from front of muzzle back to top of the butt.
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Thanks
Roomy UK
Looks to me like another tourist piece. Probably made in Afghanistan. Maybe some original parts, but possibly not
 
No Markings means it was not a British Ordnance/British Government owned arm. Are there two small stampings top of the breech section of the barrel? If so, that would indicate the "Touch" and "View" inspections were done during proofing and could be a gun "made for the trade" by British Gun Makers.

If there are no markings at all, then that carbine was never proofed and therefore made outside what is now the UK. It may have been done in India, though more likely made in one of the Arms Bazaars in the Khyber pass or such places like it.

Gus
 
No Markings means it was not a British Ordnance/British Government owned arm. Are there two small stampings top of the breech section of the barrel? If so, that would indicate the "Touch" and "View" inspections were done during proofing and could be a gun "made for the trade" by British Gun Makers.

If there are no markings at all, then that carbine was never proofed and therefore made outside what is now the UK. It may have been done in India, though more likely made in one of the Arms Bazaars in the Khyber pass or such places like it.

Gus
Aaaah oh-kay Thanks Gus
 
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