Thank you very much Chuck. I'll drop Dewey a line. I'm tempted to try fixing it myself, but I don't want to ruin the gun. Here's what I'm dealing with. The gun locks up fine as is, but it would be nice to have the gun functioning as it was designed to.
Fyi, it's a Husqvarna 16ga mod. 44 back action hammer gun with 31" barrels. It was advertised as a Belgian gun, but Husqvarna 44 is stamped plain as day on the water table. Interestingly, 43 is stamped on the barrels with correct serial #, so it must be an early 44 with left over 43 barrels. It's quite rare (I've never seen another 16ga mod. 44, although I have seen a couple 12b 43's), and a fairly high grade gun in its time. It has gorgeous wood too. I don't have much into it, so it's worth it to me to have it fixed correctly. Any idea what damascus pattern this is? I don't quite recognize it.
