Ted's comment reminds me of a visit I made in 1990 to a Swiss expatriate gunsmith Alfred Galifant, who lived near Philadelphia. I visited him regarding a Holland Royal I had purchased for the princely sum of $900. (As an aside I bought it from john Wayne's doctor. It had been given to him by another patient, a Hollywood actress. The barrel was bulged by a left- behind base wad. ) This gun too was nitro proved Damascus. It had a bulge in the left barrel about 8 inches from the breech. I wanted to know if it could be repaired. Alfred said that sleeving was the only solution. To me except for the bulge, the bores looked perfect. But he went to great lengths to detail all of the flaws he could see from his inspection. I don't know if he saw anything at all, or if this was his way of getting the price down because he tried hard to buy it. I later sold it because the stock had 3/4" cast off and I'm a lefty. A man named Holland bought it with a plan to hammer out the bulge. I hope he didn't hurt himself.
By the way Kirk has a young assistant. He used to work for Griffin and Howe. I've forgotten his name. I just talked to him about this gun. He told me he thought it would be fine to shoot but he also suggested an inspection.
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