Or it could be the same plate making the same mark? Still kind of halarious that I end up with a example that’s in your gallery? Even if it’s perhaps a copy. Lol. Do you remember where you got the image of the clean one?
I have a feeling they were both up for sale on one of the auction sites. For posts like this I tend to hold on to images until I have several connected ones and post them at the same time - sometimes even if it takes years.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.