Keith:
I appreciate your reply. I have been restoring antique aircraft and cars for decades. Age has caught up with me and now I'm returning to my first passion of shooting. I like old things. I like restoration and returning a piece of history to usefulness. Had I researched the issue of laminated steel barrels more fully, I probably would not have bought this shotgun. I do now have another American Gun Co. Hammered Double on the way. It needs a lot of TLC, but I'm hoping to piece together one shooter from the two. It may end up with me using the stocks and locks from first on the action and barrels of the second. I'll know better when the other shotgun gets here. And you are right, I plan on trying to do most of the work myself.
