lagopus,
Thanks....hope this particular gun shows up in some old photo...The last name of owner of the gun before me is Cashmore but I haven't spoke to him yet to see if he knows any of the gun's history...I assume that he bought the gun because of the matching name but don't know yet...the gun is completely unrestored inside and out which leads to a problem...the barrels are marked 13/1 and 3 1/4 inch cases...the bore measures .740 ...this means the most likely the gun can NEVER be restored...because if it were, every know-it-all and his brother would say categorically, "it's been reamed out of proof" no matter what the wall thickness...
Drew,
So busy building an addition and Ebay that I haven't had the time to post the Mc Murchy material..what little I have on McMurchy was centered around "making connections" between McMurchy, Curtiss, Fulford, Wadsworth (Waddy), Thorneley, and Lard...I think McMurchy worked with and shot with Curtiss and Fulford...Thorneley being the focus, so anything you have on Thorneley is of interest to me...Thorneley's contribution to the evolution of SxSs, though very small, is right up there with Lefaucheaux, Anson, Deeley, and Scott, yet few have ever heard of him
