The bbl lug showing thru the frame on the bottom looks like it missed the polishers attention when doing up the rest of the tubes.
It's rounded, uneven and lacks the crisp polish of the frame, iron and other parts.
What is the finish on the exposed barrel lug? Did the covered recoil pad come with the gun?
Bill (eightbore):
The exposed bottom flat of the barrel hook was rust blued just like the barrels......this one has been machine buffed I think and rounded down on the two sharp corners.................the pad was most likely added much later and leather wrapped probably after the initial installation.......?..... L.C. Smith Gun Co., aka Marlin, shipped all field guns in a box without pads. This pad appears to be a 60's style pad.....?......Probably a Pachmyer with the white line touched up with a red marker pen at the time of leather wrapping.........?...........
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