James emailed me the following, which actually brought a chuckle:
“This Sauer was also in horrible condition but it had provenance in an old New Orleans German family. Had it not been of such sentimental value to the family it should have been used for a trot line weight.
As remembered, all parts but the screws and leather covered pad are original. The wood is also original. The forend latch had to be filed down to mate properly to the wood when the wood was reclaimed. The same went for the action tang. It prevents the metal from standing proud.
It is of no matter when the metal is lowered like that as it must be annealed, filed, polished, and re-engraved anyway.
The owner was quite happy when he got it back”.
So ends James’ input.
My thoughts.
I was actually thinking I’m not much of a hammer gun guy, not much of a German gun guy, but, figured there must be a different angle on why this restoration was thrown at this gun.
Best,
Ted
