I have the gun now.... perhaps unfortunately. It's not near as clean when seen in daylight as it was when I handled it in a darkish machine shop. The lever stops hard about the edge of the top tang when you close it. The locking lug doesn't come out very far so it locks up off face. I'm sure that taking it apart would immediately reveal the issue. I think the spring is fine; something is stopping the lug. The stock has been refinished and has had the comb lowered and narrowed at the nose and there's some file marks on the top of the butt plate. Someone actually wanted more drop?? The barrels are pretty rough on the outside and are in dire need of a refinish, but look like new inside; go figure. The receiver is similar; I can only imagine what it looks like inside at this point. There's one small mild dent near the muzzle on one barrel that would be easy to remove. The screws have clearly all been in and out numerous times but are not too buggered. I may just end up selling it here so someone else can take it on as a project. It would clean up nicely in the right hands. This one is yet another example of my seemingly lifelong "buy high, sell low" program when it comes to guns! I just never seem to learn. I had to buy it though as he was threatening to take it apart himself, and we all know how that generally ends up. It seems a bit unusual in being a 1-frame P grade. Are there many of those around?
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