If the barrels are sound, buy it.
I have one in 16 ga, not as nicely engraved. It is a joy to carry and shoot. Comes in at 5 lb. 8 ounces, about 2.5 kilo.
Consider this, too: if you were to try to get engraving like that done on any shotgun today, it would cost you more than the likely asking price for this whole gun. And don't bother to ask what a stock blank of similar French walnut would cost....
My 2 pfennig on the screws: possibly intercepting sears, though they might be a bit low to be that. Second possibility might be cocking indicators. On second or third look at the pictures, I'll agree they're probably to hold the sideplates on. Buy it and let us know....
Last edited by Dave in Maine; 09/13/13 01:26 PM.