At a local gun show I came across two double guns. A rare thing these days. Both were hammer guns and both appeared to be in very good condition. But both upon inspection had suffered from hacks using hammers and punches to tighten them.
The first had the forend hanger punched ten times to try to tighten the forend. Problem was that this was not where the wear was and the punching only made the forend hard to get off an on not tighter once on. Now the wood is loose from the metal and both are still loose on the barrels. A decent repair would have taken an hour now it will take three to fix the repair and the problem.
The second gun was punched on the hook and pin. Why both I will never know. This caused the pin to rotate and you can see it on the action sides. This also caused the gun to open like it had gravel in it. Not done there they punched the dolls head and the receiver. What a mess. Nothing will save this one.
Sad to see a decent gun survive a hundred years only to get hammered to death in ten minutes by an idiot.
