Those guns are as shiny as a waxed fruit and just about as original. Why is it that the stocks have multiple areas of dents and scratches but the finish is perfect and very shiney? Why is it that the metal is proud of the wood on several guns? I do not care when or if they were refinished. Since I hate restocking sidelocks and Smiths seem to need as much restocking as any three box locks I am not in the market for a fine Smith that looks like it has had Amorall rubbed over all the surfaces.
Anyone who buys a gun for its "origianl condition" over the internet needs to get a a brain transplant. Pictures do lie, and digital ones lie the best. If you do not think so, look at the "Babe of the day" on Bill Wise's web site. Unless my eyes are failing me she has three barrels, with two sunken ribs between them and they look "original" to me, from that picture. In fact even with these three minor problems she still looks better that most of these guns look.
