Graybeard, I forgot what type of action it is but I asked the owner and he said A&D.

John, you are right. I worded the sentence poorly. The gun was one of the very worst to work on. I guess another terrible wreck was an old LC Smith than had been left in a barn for many years. When I handed the owner a new Smith back, he asked couldn't I blue the action better than that. Oh well.

I certainly don't mean to offend CJO and Dawe but I live in a very small world and perhaps too provincial.