It is an attractive gun with very accurate finishes used on the metal. If the case colors had a little more wear to them, they really could pass for original. And that is a very nice piece of wood for a G grade.
For educational purposes, to anyone who cares... The major cues to the gun being restored are how much case color there is in comparison to the amount of wear to the engraving. Also (this photo is not shown here, but I saw it on FB), the barrel finish is perfect but the breech face of the barrels have a lot of fine pitting that could not be removed when refinishing. Also, your checkering and borders are not quite right on the recut.
Overall an attractive gun that presents well. Good buy.
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B. Dudley
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