In my opinion it is a great little gun with attributes that would make me want to do a complete restoration on everything but the barrels... unless the barrels prove to need refinishing.
Congratulations on a nice one!
Regarding a BTFE, you will not have the reinforcing screw (rod) and you will not have the one-piece forend lug so you might pull the forend lug from the barrels if you add a BTFE.
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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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