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Condor,
that gun looks super.The re barreling wouldn't phase me either,as a fine shooter9the gun, not me I too kinda see it as plus in a way, as long as the price reflects that, & you are happy with said price..& thats a personal kinda thing here.
Glad it passed the check up.
So what are the chambers? Is the engraving pretty sharp, kinda hard to tell from some pics, got any macro shots to see?
Is the serial # on the trigger tang in relief ?..it looks raised.
I love how it looks from the top, the lovely engraving on top tang, lever etc..sweet chequered saftey,awesome fences....I guess I like it
I wish you pleasant days afield with your new mate
franc

Thanks Franc, the chambers are 2 1/2.... But it was close as they measured to 2 3/4 to the breach face...but a bit below the recess for the shell it was 2 1/2....Hutton thinks more in line with 2 1/2... But as stated earlier he could easily open it to a certain 2 3 /4.... But we thought keep it at 2 1/2 as proofed...I do not have real micro photos as it is to tough with a cell phone...I kept deleting some of the photos I took because of the shakes tring to steady the phone...the engraving looks sharp for this old gun and although Hutton thought so too, he was tough and said abit of wear but negligible...the serial number is raised inside a sunken Cartouch. The leather butt pad looks like it was put on yesturday , but more like The 1970's.. One thing he did say was that the gun does not look shot much since the rebarreling, and felt that someone really liked the gun to have it rebarrelled and he can not tell who or what firm may have done the job back then... Or why the owner did not go back to Purdey to do it...I feel that it was probably simply cost and convience that determined that. This is best I can do with the phone...

My goodness, but that is well cut engraving and beautifully designed!

What should I do to protect the engraving going forward....nothing......just oil.....I will not do ANY rubbing...but want to do some protective maintenance...I will shoot with gloves though.

Condor,
I'd be a little shaky myself if I'd just received that package , ha ha.I love the raised serial #, thats classy.
What a nice looking Gun.The engraving looks super, love that little bluebell (?) between those two middle pins
I know there are some who would't, but I'd love to here jOes blunt take on this Gun ...come on jOe,what say you ?
cheers all
franc

Smallbore......That is a beautiful job you did on the restoration of the Woodward. Very high quality work. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, it came in from South Africa in a real bad state. It had been re-stocked and a new forend wood fitted. We had to work on the shapes of both, but the barrels are original and cleaned up OK, the engraving was sufficiently unusual and the price made it worth getting stuck into.

Condor, enjoy your gun, don't worry about it, shoot it a lot, dry it, clean the bores, wipe an oily cloth over the metal parts and have fun. It is an english gun, designed to be used in the field, cleaned, used again. It can take it!