How about the dents on the left hand side barrel-breech area and- what are the bores like?-- 1913 era 20 Smith on the FW frame, betcha someone shot newer 2&3/4" hulls in that old "Elsie"-- but I agree, the stock at the wrist and around the lockplates- looks like a fall while hunting, the gun hitting the earth before the gunner did.

I'd try to find a stock for that shotgun, as repairs for those deep cracks in critical section of the wood near the lock plates and top tang look ???? to me--RWTF

Last edited by Run With The Fox; 01/28/19 09:35 AM.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..