Frontier Firearms from the Lifetime Collection of Larry Ness

Very good. Metal with a freckled and oxidized brown over gray patina with clear markings, some scattered roughness and some light pitting. Mechanically functional lock with two additional holes in the plate suggesting it has had multiple mainsprings during its working life, good bore is lightly oxidized with some pitting and strong rifling. Stock with scattered bumps, dings and mars with a small crack at the toe some splintered loss along the upper edge of the forend and some tight hairline cracks in the forend. 

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