Twice I have seen some, what I thought was strange and very questionable, rippling along the barrel exterior, especially visible when holding up to a light source and sighting along the outside surface.
This effect was caused by some ham-handed shade-tree ‘gunsmith’ eremoving rust by running the barrels ACROSS their length against a wire wheel. Sometimes hard to catch unless you sight down the length as I have described.
One of these guns was a C grade Fox and the other was a grade 2 Ithaca.
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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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