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Doug, in keeping with past practices and my outlook about these guns, every deficiency that could be attributed to lack of or poor care over decades will be addressed immediately.

That will include at a minimum a proper strip and clean, assessment of the ejectors, re-bluing of the barrels (from what I can tell from the pics), repair of the missing forend tip and a sympathetic refinishing of all the wood that includes removal of all the oil from the head and glass bedding for accurate fit and long term strength. Any other problems discovered during this precess will be dealt with properly by smiths competent to work on this gun.

I try to use my guns and this one will be no exception. What I won't do is change the LOP by either cutting or adding a pad of any sort.

PS. Written by James while I was logged in

Mike

Back under my own name.

I need to add this: Mike won't be happy until I say that I am also going to have a good look at some of the screw heads to see if they need to be restored to their original perfection.

I thought that might be covered under "every deficiency that could be attributed to lack of or poor care" but apparently that didn't live up to Mike's expectations.

James, I'm beginning to think that you may believe that I'm being critical of your new Daly - I'm not! It is a wonderful gun and it will be spectacular when it's finished. However this is one of the reasons that I rarely post anymore - people misunderstand what I've said. At least I think they do!

If I can get Photobucket to cooperate I'll post photos of a Lindner Daly that I owned. BTW, no one could ever come up with a grade for the gun so I don't know. It will, however, show you what your gun looks like inside and also what the difference is between the original and the restored version. Mike will say that the upper screw is not timed but the gun is about 107 years old and its timing is like mine - a little off.

Doug, that action is beautiful externally and internally.

Thanks for the look inside Doug. Nice guns guys.

Canvasback,

Beautiful wood. When I first saw the pics I thought it might have been stocked with American Walnut, but I had my doubts. Now, after viewing all the Diamond Grade pics I could find on the net, it looks like European Walnut, possibly colored with alkanet. I wonder what the final finish was? Oil? Copal varnish? French Polish? Anyone know what they were using at that time?

Regards
Ken

Doug, please let me be clear. I did not for a moment read your post as being critical. I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I was simply trying to be clear about what my probable course of action would be once I take delivery and inspect the gun.

In fact I appreciated your post and the others from both enthusiasts like me and the truly knowledgeable and skilled like you. I think this is partly how we enthusiasts get to learn.

I don't take offence easily and I certainly never take offence at comments about my guns. First, they're just guns and second my personal self image isn't wrapped up in what others may think of my guns. I know why I buy them and I'm happy about that.

Also Doug, thanks for posting the pics of your Lindner. Georgeous gun and I love being able to see inside. I'm glad you added that to the thread. I really hoped the thread become one that talks about Lindners, not just my Lindner.

Holy smokes look at the polishing that went into the inside of that action.

That's what a 'World Class' gun looks like, inside and out.

Well, I now have the gun in hand. Took a while to get it to me. Condition is about what I expected.....not perfect by any means but little in the way of surprises. The wood appears to be in excellent condition, the engraving seems remarkable crisp under the grime, the barrels need a little TLC. But until I get complete measurements of them, I won't make further comment on them. Except to say, there is A LOT of metal there!

At 7 pounds, 8 ounces this gun is decidedly the heaviest SxS 12 gauge I own. My A grade Fox with 30" barrels comes in at 7 pounds 3 ounces. But I would never have believed it upon first picking it up. Well balanced, it felt like a gun 3/4 of a pound lighter. I could hardly believe what my digital postal scale was reading.

LOP is to the horn butt plate is 14 1/4", DAC is 1 3/8" and DAH is 2 1/4"