Steven,
I would never take offense from an honest question like yours. My purpose in documenting this project is so folks can see what artists like you, and some of the other gentlemen on this form, go through when restoring or creating a custom firearm. In truth when the inside of the barrel turned out to look like a sewer pipe (and it was not the original barrel to begin with) I supose this is more of a custom project than a restoration, but I really don't want it to look like it just came out of Gibbs works in Brstol when its done.