A Beautiful A&D Boxlock...25 1/8 inch barrels (cut at both ends), castelated/clover type fences (like some LC Smiths), original checkered side panels, Deeley type fore end latch, adjustable sears, marked Royal, and Wheeling W, Va...
I'm damn glad that you saw it, because I've been told right here at this system that Royal only made drillings and single shots.
As for the seller...I don't know his real name, but others call him "Hook"...don't let his "put off" behavior sway your inspection techniques...he has a personality like a jar of butt holes...no matter which side that you look at...
He did his best to convince me that I was looking at a Bowling Green Lefever boxlock...and he couldn't see the crack that ran half way through the wrist, even though three guys pointed it out...
Oh yeah... there was a Feb 13 1900 patent date on the action flats, which correspondes to Frank Hollenbeck's patent 643601 for the top hook lock up mechanism, which incidentally, was issued to Hollenbeck while residing in Baltimore MD.
I can't remember the dates of operation for Baltimore Arms and Royal at the moment...I'll have to look it up unless someone else knows off hand...
