The better the "restoration was done" to begin with, and the more usage it has had since, the nearer impossible it becomes to state with certainty that it was ever restored. I have wondered many times how many self proclaimed experts would bet their life that a certain gun, about which they knew nothing of the provenance, was original or not. Even the best of the best Smithsonian gun curators wouldn't bet their life on their opinions. If they would, they're a fool.

No one is infallible. Well, there was One.

SRH

May God bless America and those who defend her.