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Thats a very well-drawn shotgun. Id just deal with the decayed recoil pad, and shoot it otherwise as-is.
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Anyone wonder how some of these guns get so much checkering wear?
Artifact from refinishing?
Even if the checkering was shallow to begin with, how much carry would it take to cause that much wear?
One gun guy who spent months per year in the field?
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Most Francotte guns have very small diamonds many 32 lines per inch or more and diamonds wear very fast. Bobby
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gunmaker, do you know what it weighs? Either a great sporting clays gun or a wonderful game gun, if a bit lighter. beautiful bones!
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I should have it by weeks end and can answer that.
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The only hang up with showing the ad, and the before's, here, is none of you tire kickers will want to pay him for his work when he posts it for sale. 
Out there doing it best I can.
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Guess I better not sale it! This will replace my WW Greener which will be available soon.
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A.M. Little Bespoke Gunmakers LLC.
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Is this a medium grade from 1900-1901?
A.M. Little Bespoke Gunmakers LLC.
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Nice quality double from one of the three Belgian makers respected on these shores. The other two are Lebeau Courally and Fabrique Nationale de la Guerre. There are obviously other real good makers that are little known on these shores.
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I guess that model would be like the top of the lower mid grade,
with like the knockabout & high gun on the lower end, this type of gun in the middle, then up through their sideplated BLocks, 20,25,30 on up the the eagle grade.Then into the best Sidelocks etc
But looking at those fences, its hard to say mid grade, isn't it?
They are so well done...the wood looks like a diamond in the rough....
I am a big fan of these older Francottes...they are just gorgeous
cheers
franc
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