I love these folky old repairs too, there were guys back then who really knew how to make the best out of a bad situation.
I've got an old English hammer gun that's got a similar kind of repair. I've squirrel hunted with it a few times, it's a classic beater.
DLH
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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