Thanks Skeettx for posting the pics. I will try to make them work for me....still the learning curve going on. Read the linked forum posts, I have found the info to the gunsmith but am still unaware to the age of the gun. Trying to figure out approximate year(s) it was/would have been made.
Steve Helsley - here is a link to the pic of where the forend attaches to the barrel. There are no markings to be found on the metal itself. Am I not looking in the proper place? It looks like there was some finishing piece possibly removed, or fell off the end of the wood to leave the shape that his now there?
and apparently I need to find a different photo sharing site, as I do not have the correct plan to post pics using Photobucket
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