Thanks for that feedback, Sal. The import issue is especially problematic for guns like this, where that extra cost ($700-800?) might represent 15-20% of the purchase price. Kind of a rounding error when you are buying a Boss or Woodward.

Gallyon promptly responded to my inquiry and confirmed that this gun was made by AA Brown in the early 1950s, when Brown was apparently making a lot of boxlock guns for the trade. The gun checks out with their records.

Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.