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Those are nice. I don't have any original or repros. Len, a dram is about 27.5 grains. You still see dram equivalent on boxes of shotgun shells.

Thanks Hawg,
I suppose you're giving US measure. The British is a wee bit lower. I'm sticking out my neck here, but I think that for Ringo's spouts, some are in drams (the English?), some in grammes (the French?) and maybe some in grains. Probably the spouts graded 65 to 80 are grains, the spouts graded 8 to 9 to 10 are grammes.
Beautifully complicated.

Good job !

Looking period

Thanks Navy,
this guy has posted some enjoyable Youtube reels.

Thanks for the report, Mike.
Very nice pictures.

My humble thoughts:
1) Just in front of the forcing cone threads, on the frame, there's a sub inspectors stamp "v" in the proper area. The "v" has the little bend on the top of the left line. On the other hand, there should also be the same stamp on the back end of the barrel's flat surface.
2) The distance between the barrel and the loading lever is too wide. As Bishop said about the "step", it seems like a .36 barrel, which is a bit slimmer (don't know if the threads are the same).
3) The pinched front sight is low, which would be period.

1) and 2) speak against, 3) for

It would be nice if we got some measurements, from a ruler on the glas of the cabinet, in order to deduct lengths and diameters .....

Not bored at all. Was some time since you last gave us an update on the project. Looking mighty fine! That greenish coating is great looking and if I read the pics right, there's a gradual shift to yellowish at the rear end, suttle. Keep at it!

You lucky man