Originally Posted By: 1cdog
[ I think Gardiner's idea of "high resolution" pictures differs from most of the rest of the world.


They're not the best certainly. One thing I like about Holts is in their prime sale a number of the photographs can't be zoomed in on to quite a good degree. That does nothing for mechanical examination of course but it has allowed me to get a better impression of cosmetics.

On the other hand things could be worse. Here are some random examples I found yesterday.

If anyone really believes this is a "hammer ejector" have at it - personally I don't:

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/aucti...45-a74d007885aa

And here's an Italian "percussion" gun:

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/aucti...5f-a7460116975e

If nothing else good for a laugh. And sometimes this works to one's benefit. I found a rather nice early Purdey thumblever retailed by Brebner of Darlingont at a local auction house. It had typos in the description so didn't show up on standard searches.

Jeremy

Last edited by Bartlett; 04/10/17 12:38 PM. Reason: correcting autocorrect