I was at my mother-in-laws farm house the other day, and she asked
me if I would take this old shotgun home that had been in the base
ment since she was a little girl. She's 72, so it's been down there
awhile. Obviously it's totally unshootable, but I did however save
the locks and triggers. Once cleaned up, they are surprisingly good.
The barrels have London Twist on the rib, and what appears to be
platinum? bands just in front of the nipples. The locks themselves
have what looks like traces of gold wash on the insides. The name
on the outside of the locks is Van Wart,Son & Co. I realize that it
could probably never be restored, but I at least have some neat
parts to add to my ever growing pile. Almost forgot, the barrels
have Birmingham proofmarks. Ron
