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I know what you mean Lloyd, we talk about hand made guns having “soul” but when you look at a pair of barrels hammered out of strips of iron and steel by a team of 2 or 3 skilled artisans over 100 years ago they really have it.

This 1900 example is not the finest twist, Drew tells me it is English 2-stripe, but I could not resist it at a cost little more than the price of a box of 25 Bismuth cartridges.

The sad thing is that someone in recent years has spent at least 10 times as much to have it nitro-proofed (2 1/2” only), refreshing the address on the rib and nicely browning the barrels. I hope they got some pleasure from their investment but there is little sign of any subsequent use.