Arms, Armor & Militaria

Good. Bore poor, heavily rusted and bored out with no visible rifling. Metal with a thick brown patina, scattered surface oxidation and some pitting as well as some scattered surface rust. Mechanically functional lock with replaced frizzen. Wood with moderate wear, some loss around the lock which is ill fitting and loss and burn out around the tang area. Wood with some chipped and slivered loss along the upper edges of the forend and showing numerous bumps, dings and mars. Toe of stock with an old repaired crack and epoxy inside the lock mortise suggests a significant repair in that region of the stock as well.

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