Here are the photos that Mr. Woods sent me earlier today.
It appears that the buttstock has been replaced and that the points of the fore and aft ends of the forend latch have been filed off. Looks like an early "banjo" wall clock. The forend wood however, looks original.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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