Those workers were some real craftsmen/women for sure. The way they wrapped the fine 32LPI checkering around the English grips on A-1s w/o straying or interuption is amazing. Not many custom gunsmiths I know today could accomplish that as well. Only other Japanese shotgun I have owned was an early Win101, made at the same factory, and its checkering was also very precise, although fewer lines per inch.
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