Getting Excited

[ArtS]

I bought another one not long after that which was even earlier. Serial number was in the low 4000's. It was mis-described as a 12 gauge because, as the dealer responded to a question, a 12 ga snap cap dropped right in. That gun too was a true 9 gauge bore and appears to be a $105 grade, although the Letter indicated there were no order records to reveal the order or sales info. They had only the build data. That is the gun on which I stripped the wood and ultrasonically cleaned it. I refinished the wood, microsanded and polished the damascus barrels and bored .002 out of the barrels to clean thm up. It turned out to have great wood and once I get the flat topped checkering recut, it will be a nice gun. The dealer was entirely ignorant of the guns and made several incorrect statements in the ad, which again led to the gun selling at a really low price. I have purchased several guns on line in the last few months due to people totally blowing the ad copy. The two best were a nice NID 20 listed and described as an LC Smith and a really nice 1896 6# English game gun which was listed as a 7# 28 gauge because it was fitted with tubes (the description of which indicated they were permanent). It turned out the gun had been reproofed in the 50's and apparently someone had been afraid of the perfectly good condition Damascus barrels and had installed a brand new set of Briley 28 gauge tubes. I bought the gun for less than the cost of the new tubes, which zi removed. It always pays to check auctions for generally interesting catagories, not just what you actually want.