Eightbore, you slip off your meds again? I thought we were talking about an HE Fox that could use some maintenance, and how best to go about that. I directed him to an article about an AMERICAN gun, a Fox, by chance, that had spent a lifetime in GB, and looked great. A barrel re-black or checkering pointed up doesn't constitute "grinding up" now, does it?
You might want to consider a better gunsmith. For every gun that gets hit with that stamp at English auction, I'd bet 10,000 sail through with no trouble. Smallbore could likely let us know.
By the way, the photos Mr. Kidd had in his article show a gun that is much nicer then this one. And, the comment about American rough shooting 'sorta ignores the fact of 80 years of daily use-not many Amrican rough shooting guns get daily use now, do they?
Mine don't.
Best,
Ted
