I once heard of a wealthy guy using his checkered butt Purdey to push down the barbed wire to go over the fence.
I've often wondered who the last person was that fired some of these old loose, broken guns we see.
I have a Lindner made Charles Daly 275 that has been carried so much it has the birds on the receiver worn down so you can't see them. The gun was off face, safety loose, a few chips in the forend and hairline crack in the stock from the receiver. I don't call the gun abused, just really used. I figure the guy loved that gun. I had it rejoined, ejectors worked on and safety functioning. I killed some birds with it this past fall. I think it's an interesting gun with lots of history in the fields.
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