I stated that the gun sat in it's broken state in a closet for 50 years, because that is how it was explained to me that day. There was another buttstock accompanying it. This one, which is not the original the gun was built with.
It may have been on BW when it was delivered to Jim Kelly for restocking, but that was not what was told to me. I will be visiting Jim in the near future, and will ask him if the gun was delivered to him broken, or with this other stock in place.
SRH