This is a gun I got from Holts last sale and the pictures are of it are as I found it, uncleaned. It seems to be quite a scarce model and apart from a touch of slackness on the face and bites, in useable condition. The bores are good and it still has full and full chokes and I only plan a light, sympathetic restoration, keeping most of the patina on the metalwork and signs of a life well lived on the woodwork. Does anyone know the reason for the grooves on the standing breech, round the firing pins and off to each side ?

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