Stan: This old Smith gun will be headed to Arizona at the end of August to get the "Black & White" treatment (amongst a few other things). I assume that it will be polished first, before the many cycles of rusting and carding, and I'm really looking forward to those results (if you must shoot a big, long, & heavy American 12-gauge double, it should at-least be interesting to look at, right?) but...I'm remembering some of my past English guns with "Best Lamainated Steel" tubes and sadly, you may be right. Even British-browned, these high-steel content laminates don't have the striking patterns that the Crolle-type Damascus guns do. More's the pity!
Last edited by Lloyd3; 07/30/23 09:45 AM.
