Thanks, Lagopus, very interesting. The Damascus barrels and black powder proof marks indicated manufacture prior to that date. The locks are very Belgian lookibng as well
I am having e-mail problems with pics with this new PC.
I'll take some pics and see if I can post them with my wife's I Pad 2. She is rather niggled that there is an I Pad 3 out this week, she only just got her I Pad 2!