i wonder if the old guns were treated like my first double that took me down this long slippery slope of side locks.the guy that i got mine {a meridan which i still have}from used to clean the barrells with a rag swapped in hoppes and squirt oil down the firing pin holes and stand it in the corner until the next hunting trip.he was probably mid fifties at the tyme and had the gun since he was 16.i wonder how many squirts went in that gun??
tom
ps yes the stock was cracked too. smirk