I live in Centreville, Va. and the other day, I was in what used to be known as Gilbert Small Arms, Newington, Va. They have changed their name. I was looking at some of the over and unders they had: Browning Citoris and Synery, Winchester 101, Lanber, Franchi, and a couple of others. They had about four side bys, including a Model 21. It had 30" barrels with a ventilate rib. It had the single selective trigger, beavertail with the kidney pattern, and a pistol grip with a solid pad. Here is where things start get interesting. The barrels and action had been refinished to where they did not have that nice blue job found on Winchesters. It was a matte finish, almost like it had been sand blasted. The lever was in the middle of the tang and aligned up with the safety. The buttstock had been cut back about 4 to 6" and a replacement piece had been glued. The replacement was a nice piece of black walnut. However, the grain was facing top to bottom of the stock, instead of with the grain of the rest of the buttstock. Not sure why it would be like that. The buttstock and the beavertail had been stripped of the old finish and refinished in oil. This is a consignment gun and the owner wants $4500 for it. The gun locks up tight, but I would be afraid to shoot it because of the way that replacement piece was glued to the buttstock. any ideas why someone would attach a replacement piiece like the way I described?
