winchester age

[Robb M]

My 101 starts off K2 and ends with an E

[pickerup]

i have a grand european skeet  number  450406   had some teague chokes put in it and only use for game shooting.

does anyone out there know how old it is.

thanks.  atb  p/u.

[reindeer]

I own a mint 12 bore 101 Supergrade XTR lightweight and I would like to know at what pressure these guns were proofed in Japan. The barrels are stamped 1.300 kg but I believe this is the barrel weight and not a sign of proof.

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[Scully]

9 minutes ago, reindeer said:

I own a mint 12 bore 101 Supergrade XTR lightweight and I would like to know at what pressure these guns were proofed in Japan. The barrels are stamped 1.300 kg but I believe this is the barrel weight and not a sign of proof.

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I’m not sure it will bear any proof house markings on it other than UK proof house markings. 

[reindeer]

Thanks for responding.

There are no British proof marks on it because it was not proofed in the UK. I am from NL.

At what pressure were these 101 shotguns proofed in the UK? That would not be less than Japanese proof would it?

[Scully]

6 minutes ago, reindeer said:

Thanks for responding.

There are no British proof marks on it because it was not proofed in the UK. I am from NL.

At what pressure were these 101 shotguns proofed in the UK? That would not be less than Japanese proof would it?

I have three 101’s, and have just looked at each of them. Trap gun has BNP markings on each barrel of 900kg, the other two both have BNP markings of 3 and 1/4 tons per square inch. Hope this helps. 

[reindeer]

That helps, thanx!