LG:

How does someone with only "nailfile and dental floss in their toolkit" go about vetting for originality and condition? Most guys got at least a bore mike which will measure up a few priorities and also detect those pits midway while you're draggin it out of the bore. W/T gauge can be useful also. As for letters, you can buy Callahan letters for thousands of "white" Fox guns. You guys been pickin on Bob again and now he'll never tell us more about Emil Flues.

jack