Bill the original purchaser is what I'm interested in ,the gun was scribed under the grip cap and in the forend channel with "Major Hill" ,it came from Ontario,the first thing to come to mind was a military man or police officer...but a search for those didn't come up with much ,but there was a Major Hill (Major was his given name ) who was a daredevil back in the day ,he rode a barrel over Niagara fall's a few times and I believe may have met his demise on his last run.
It came to me in a trade with the original stock cut to less than 12 inches, but everything was in decent order ,good engraving,the infallible trigger working great (after some tweaking) and the original Damascus barrel's in almost perfect condition.
The gun is almost finished re-stocking,then it will be some photos for the forum .
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