Lloyd, you did good on this one. 28" barrels are scarcer on the 2" 12. I've bought from Battle before and it was a pleasure to deal with an honest gun dealer. wink The wood has some figure and looks fine for a field gun. James Albury "JA", as you know was a top barrel maker in Birmingham. He also made actions. I had a 2.5" 12 ga. Henry Atkin with "JA" initials on the barrels and presently have a C. Hellis 2" 12 with the initials on the barrel. I had a temporarily insane "got to have" notion on your gun, but escaped from the clutches of the notion when temporary sanity overcame me. Gil