I thought of the possibility that someone might have sanded the original buttplate flat, and used that as a spacer between the wood and pad, so as to add LOP without having a void to fill where the spur is. It is perfectly fitted and inletted, but I don't know if this was original. Strangely, there is a fairly thin black spacer between the pad and the wood which has a spur or widow's peak on top at the heel. It does have a recoil pad which I have not removed. As I said, it has a semi-pistol grip, so there is no grip cap to look under. GSPWillie, I searched everywhere for a grade stamp on my higher grade D.M. The only marks on the water tables is the serial number. The fluid steel tubes on my O Excelsior have only the serial number on the bottom left tube, and each barrel has a single letter "S" about an inch forward of the barrel flats.įor Jtplumb, there are no proof marks anywhere on either gun. Robert Elliot says most crossbolts have fluid steel barrels, and one with Damascus is a scarce variation of an already rare commodity. The only other mark I can find besides the serial number is the aforementioned SD&G stamp on the bottom of one barrel. The Damascus tubes on the 7 D have "Damascus" engraved on one tube and "Steel" engraved on the other. The O Excelsior has a 168x serial number and is marked D.M. The 7 D has a 103x serial number and is marked D.M. Lefever crossbolt guns, and both are boxlock actions. Miller, I looked at my 7 D and O Excelsior D.M.
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