The breech end is clearly Damascus and stamped so on the right barrel flat. The rib says Titanic Steel which wasn't introduced until 1897 and that is an 1892 gun judging by the serial number.
Screw-in chokes though...???
Restocked in California claro it looks like.... Think I'll pass.
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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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