Mine is fine! (20 ga. M100, 25" barrels, 5 lb. 12 oz.). Great Grouse gun for an old guy to carry all day in the woods. The metal on the SKB M100, etc. was finished with black chrome, a very sturdy finish. Bores are chrome plated. I have seen stocks both high gloss and a softer finish. Factory apparently used both at different times. Some of these SKB's had painted on grain. Check before you strip! You might wind up with a very plain piece of wood if you don't.
I second King Brown on the relative value of this gun. Both the SKB and Miroku sxs guns can be great values.
