I just ran across what appears to be a late vintage Tobin -- marked "Tobin Arms Mfg Co/Woodstock, Ont. Canada". 12 gauge, 30" barrels. Bores very clean, slight dimple in one barrel. Wide matted rib. Not rust or pitting. Case hardening is bright inside the forearm but nowhere else. Hard to tell, but it might have the black "oxypyro" finish on locks and barrels. Wood pretty well worn but intact. Serial number in the 19,xxx range suggesting it's a Crandall gun. Until I read the posts about Tobins here, I never heard of the make. I have an Elsie and a Lefever, so the sideplates caught my eye. The tag on this one is around $250. Worth pursuing?
