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Daryl I think I should say that the Adams gun was fitted into the Violin case during the early 1900s by the grandfather of a now late friend of mine, his grandfather was what we would now call today a professional poacher bringing up eight children on the proceeds. My friend worked as a part time game keeper and village handy man, but kept up the family tradition of moonlight game acquisition, also teaching a rather green city lad me!! On the how what and why of that clandestine tradition.
The gun and case spent its years sliding around the bottom of his old van with mole traps and rabbit purse nets waders to name but a few of items, though by this time the Violin case was in rather a bad condition with splits no locks or handle and held together with string. It stayed in this condition when in my position for some ten years until I needed a case for a 20 bore so I restored it to the condition you see today. One thing is that you cannot fit another 12 bore jones under leaver gun in the case, over the years every gun I have tried will not fit they are all too large in the action, so the Adams is its permanent resident.
The case was fitted with low cost green felt when the work was originally done, between the Moths and a 100 plus years there was nothing of it to save, so I kept things the same and re-lined the case with felt though of a higher quality than the original.

Beautiful double rifle. Just think how much better it would look in a nice claret coloured case.

Always fancied getting an old violin case to do up as a gun case. Really need a Thompson to go with it though! If you still have those old mole traps you mention you might consider going back to a bit of mole catching. There is a great demand for that in the U.K. since poisoning them was outlawed. I've bought one or two guns on the proceeds of mole catching. Lagopus.....

Damascus, thanks for your story. Makes it all even better. Daryl

Baize

Noun - a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard tables.

Felt

Noun - a kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool or another suitable textile accompanied by the application of moisture or heat, which causes the constituent fibers to mat together to create a smooth surface.

Most people I know use felt to refer to both types of material.