I don't know anything about these early guns and am just wondering about what I see.
The wood seems very plain to be on a very high grade gun. Do you think it is the original stock? Also the checkering is worn and flat but not as worn as the gun appears to be. The wear on the forend is about the same as the butt, which seems usual as on my worn guns the for end checkering seems to wear out sooner then the butt.
It could be that there is not as much wear on the gun as I think. Hard to tell from photos, eg the barrel has no pattern showing but it could be just covered in grunge.
Too bad the barrel was cut so short. Still a nice gun. I like the engraving.
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