ok, So those are fluid steel barrels. Which will help you out in the value department by way of rarety. Thats because most of the P grades are twist steel and the P grade became a much less popular model with the introduction of the V and then Trojan grades. The P grade was discontinued not long after the switch to primarily using steel barrels on standard order guns. I do not know the figures, but not too many P grades would have been made with the Fluid steel barrels.
Unfourtunately that metal being inlayed on the forend really hurts the value a lot. Not sure why that would have ever been done.
There is not a pic of the rest of the buttstock or the barrels in order to tell the condition of the rest of the wood or the bluing. But I woudl say that by way of restoration, a new forend would be on the slate at least. Not sure what other direction you would be wanting to go with it. The collector value of the gun has been effected with that forend. So a more extensive restoration might not be a bad option.
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