Mike:

Way cool Boss.

Tell us a bit more about the hunt for it, and the acquisition?
Just an aside, but John Mann's friend Tolley didn't find it in his sheep shed under a grain bin?

What is the chambering. Hmm... what DID they chamber in 1871?

2"? 2-1/2"? At 7.5 pounds weight, that seems to me to produce about a 1-1/4 oz shot charge. A bit heavy for a game gun. Perhaps intended for rough shooting? I would be loath to take such a lovely thing into a duck blind.

Those non-rebounding hammers will make it slower for your man when he is reloading for you in a hot corner.

I, and the rest of the mob here ( who hopefully have now relinquished pitchfork and torch) look forward to your reply.

Regards

GKT

Texas Declaration of Independence 1836 -The Indictment against the dictatorship, Para.16:"It has demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential to our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments."