Fox,
I haven't posted a picture of the brazed area. It is at the very bottom of the rising bite and driven up by a cam in the action.
What I thought was most notable was the sheared half moon in the fomerly straight across rising bite, and the broken plate in the locking mechanism.
Best,
Ted
What could have broken that stout rising bite like that? I mean it looks like the previous owner would have had to taken the action apart and taken a hack saw or a torch to that bite.
Use as a punt gun, tired down to a steel rod on an oarlock, with outsized ammunition? I don't know. The damage is catastrophic, and not confined to just one locking mechanism, and, I think this is important, didn't kill anybody.
Both world wars did some strange things to civilian guns. People can do desperate things when they are starving. Or, cornered.
Best,
Ted
