Recieved a gun i purchased today to clean up and sympathetically restore.
The gun is a british made pinfire gun 28.25 inch barrels ( probably shortened from thirty) it it slightly unusual to look at as it has a forend that is an inch or two longer than is typical.
Really good coverage for a back action pinfire with scroll and border engraving and good quality figured walnut stock. Lock inletting is very high quality.
Operating the under lever pushes a bar up through the action body to push open the barrels which is something i have not seen before.
I bought it as an unnamed gun, but on close inspection the name "smith" is just decipherable on the locks, however i do not know anything about any gun makers of this period.. The top tag bolt is engraved with what could be a yorkshire rose so it could be provincial but my instincts say London, its in bad shape and will take a carefull hand even to get it broken down to a point where i can see the proof marks so i'll return with more info as i find it.
