Originally Posted By: canvasback
Daryl, I should let Claudio answer the question more fully but my quick response is that it was a gun regularly used in an area of Canada where guns are tools. And it's been around for 115 years. So things happen. I think the biggest issue is the broken ejector rod and what appears to be subsequent damage to the ejector system. The rest (other then the dents in the barrels) appear to me to be unsurprising wear and tear on a gun that got used. This was no safe queen.


Yes.....definitely all of the above but also appears that someone has been at it, fortunately or not the damage to the barrels was enough to cause them to put it away for good, in hope of perhaps having it repaired at a later date, guess that date never came till now....and under new ownership.

CJ

The taste of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten.........