Mind if a "Fox" asks a question about a AE 12 I saw Sat. at an area gun show.30" Chromox Barrels and the later Gough influenced Germanic scroll. The seller didn't want me to remove the barrels and forearm- his gun-his rules, and the SN was blurry on the trigger guard bow- so I couldn't verify the exact number, but as it had Chromox and not Krupp Flustahl tubes, that told me that it might have been made after 1917-18-- But here's the unusual thing I noticed- when you push the top lever over to the right, to open the gun, the lever moves right back to the closed gun position, that is, it does not stay to the right of top center until the gun is closed. Funny, but my Utica Sterly 20 bore, the lever stays to the right until closed. How come??
