Arms, Armor and Militaria

Good. Very good bore with moderate frosting, strong rifling and showing scattered light to moderate pitting. Barrel lightly cleaned with a medium gray patina showing scattered surface oxidation and discoloration and some light pitting, mostly at the breech. Metal partly smooth with some evenly distributed pinpricking and mostly clear markings. Lock cleaned to a pewter gray color, breech lever with traces of dull case colors present. Mechanically functional. Brass furniture with an attractive rich golden patina. Stock good with moderate wear, a repaired crack at the toe and some minor hairline grain cracking in the wrist around the rear of the breech mechanism. Otherwise wood with numerous scattered bumps, dings and light surface mars.

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