Do not shoot ANY gun unless you are confident that it is in sound mechanical condition. PREFERABLY checked by a COMPETENT Gunsmith
Whilst at a shoot today a gentleman regaled me with a story of how he bought a Thomas Bland for 14.
It had 34" barrels which he thought were far too long so he kept sawing an inch off and trying it until he found it handled to his liking, eventually ending up with 24" barrels. "Boy it were a reet gud shooter then" he said "Me and my mate found it difficult to miss" He then revealed that he sold it for 50 as a wall hanger in a Pub. "As I noticed it used to flex a bit in my hand when I shot it, so I guessed it must have been a bit thin"
