Thanks for the reply and the photos Stanton. That is a good looking piece and when you said it might be for sale I immediately went back to the original photo description to check the gauge and saw it was indeed a 12. That cooled me off!! I have shot 12 gauge a good portion of my life but as I approach 77 years of age next month I have gravitated steadily toward smaller bores. I started my changeover with 20, then my wonderful 16's (Dickinson SxS, new style Browning A5, and a pristine model 12), then on to the 28, and now also will include the .410. My latest .410 acquisition was a Turkish made SxS and a Remington 1100. Of course, I shoot upland birds primarily with a few doves thrown in. I will probably never buy another 12 gauge, unless of course I find one I just can not live without!! Thanks again for posting.