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Originally Posted by Jack Cronkhite
Dean: The photos are not great. Can you elaborate on the "upgrades" you see. One side plate seems to have some poor scroll work that looks out of place. Is that the kind of "upgrade" you mean?? thanks.
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Right Jack, that's exactly what I mean - and the scroll engraving on the breech balls and the bottom of the frame as well as the dog in the vignette. The gun is obviously a Grade 0 or 1 and the scroll embellishment was someone's idea of upgrading. For lack of a better description - I simply called it an "upgrade".
It was probably originally stamped TWIST on the rib and I'm not saying the engraving embellishment isn't nicely done - just in my opinion, not original.
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