Bought what looked to my untrained eyes like a fairly nice 16 ga SXS marked "F. Dumoulin & C ( There is a little IB with a underline next to this) LIEGE". Based on proof marks I was able to find it is modern.
In my hands it seems nice and tight. No wobble to it at all. Wood is nice and even though I have not fired it everything seems to work good. Even has little cocking indicators on top of the action that work.
Nice light, 6.3 pounds, little gun.....or so it seems?
Here is the problem. Looking at it today I noticed two things.
1. Right in front of the hanger for the forend there is a small ( 3/16? ) hole drilled, through which you can see up inside between the barrels. What is that for? Reblued? How do I tell if someone did a crazy and HOT SALT blued it??????
2. More trouble is that in looking at the locking lumps and the bearing surfaces on them I realized that there are little dimple marks. It's as if someone took a punch and went around the edges of them. Is that a half-jack attempt to tighten the action? If so it seems to have worked, temporarily?
Be gentle with me as I think the costs associated with the answers will more than serve as punishment for my ignorance.
And do offer some remidies if there are any........
And tell me how I tell if it is safe to shoot now that I am concerned?
