Could it be a lunch box gun? One piece at a time lol.

Nope. It's a bit confusing but Chuck will put it all into a research letter to clarify the events.

For now it should suffice to say that the barrels were supplied by the person who ordered the gun and the letter tells us that the barrels specified were Damascus. It would have been easy enough to hand deliver the barrels to Meriden as the buyer lived about sixty miles north in Northampton, MA. And the buyer specified a LOP of 13 inches and the gun should weigh under 6 1/2 lbs.

Dean, what an interesting find. You may be researching this one for a while. The more info you find, or confirm, the more rewarding the project. Good luck with that one:corn:

Dean
It looks from the pics as if the top and bottom ribs are fluid steel. Is that correct ?

Brad

Brad, the top rib looks to be fluid steel but the jury's out on the bottom rib. There appears to be some sort of pattern beneath the 'patina' but I can't say for certain.