Originally Posted By: shanebevel
Pete, thanks for the estimation on value.

Also, do you believe the stock to be refinished because of appearance or because of the buttplate?

Shane


Neither



There is chip missing behind the tang. It has been filled with tung oil or varnish.

The gun dates to 1905-1906. It is very early. Eventually they stopped offering the pop up bead site.

The sight is Patent #839535 filed 22. Mar. 1906 by AJ Aubrey.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=E2lJAAA...rey&f=false

It is the nicest Model 34 I have seen to date. It sold for $18.85 in the 1906 catalog.

Pete