Originally Posted by LeFusil
Originally Posted by HomelessjOe
Original condition is in the eye of the beholder.

The late Thad Scott told me all the old English guns were color cased to protect wear to the metal and the engraving....so that coined/polished reciever and blued action plate with blued screws along with the blued top lever is s dead give away the metal was redone.

Well Joe, unfortunately Thad Scott was wrong.

If I were a betting man my money would be on Thad being correct and frAnk getting the story wrong. Thad was extremely knowledgeable and had an extensive collection of fine English rifles. I just sold a spectacular Rigby .577 falling block that Thad owned, he knew good guns well.

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