Egyptian Police Shotgun
I recently won this EP Snider at an auction (was described as a Kyber Pass Snider Carbine). I'm familiar with the style with the strip under the barrel and the cleaning rod guides, but haven't seen...
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This is not a standard EP configuration. I think what you have is a put-together with a lot of Khyber Pass parts. It is a bitser, for sure. I think the EP lock may be legit, but has been reblued. The...
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Thanks Michael - yes, bought it more as a curiosity at a pittance of what the genuine article would cost. I'm not ready to concede to full Khyber yet, but only holding out due to the potential match...
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3miles2Gburg, I have an Egyptian Snider shotgun conversion of the "usual" style and have seen a number of them. In my weapon and all others that I have seen, the forend curving up to the sides of the...
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Alan - it's the remnants of the "U" channel or it's absence that will reveal much if the barrel markings are indeed of Egyptian government/police origin. I have one of the usual versions for...
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Finally got to examine the piece in detail this week end.What it is, is an original Egyptian contract smooth bore barreled action. The U-channel has been removed and any solder cleaned off leaving a...
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Darn, too bad... The only mention that I can find in Skennerton regarding the "AS" marking is: "AS stamp is a government view mark". Not overly useful.
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ive got one of these a none choked one marked for ball which means you can use minies in it, writing varys on the barrel my one has british proofs nearly always missing the firing pins when you find...
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Cloudy - thanks. It would be an interesting survey to get a feel for how much variance is out there among the stamps on these. Of what I found in about 20 minutes of following links, I found two...
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Well, you got me curious so I broke my weapon out. It is stamped crown AS on the breech (or shoe) and crown GV on the breechblock - at least it appears to be crown GV since the right leg of the V is...
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i made my firing pin out of a long drill bit and tempered the ends cost me 2 dollars borrowed a friends lathe and found a spring that fits
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Thanks Cloudy....inspector initials perhaps?....but interesting both on the same weapon. I have every aspiration of fabricating parts and making independent repairs sometime in the future, but if the...
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Pike, yes more than likely inspector's marks I would guess. Doesn't speak much for the parentage of my weapon though... Those Afghan Martinis are just the thing to experiment on since you could...
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