serial #459571, 16 ga., 26'' best fluid steel barrels choked skeet 1 and skeet 2, with bright about excellent bores which show a few sparse remnants of some extremely light pitting here or there, each tube with a very tiny ding barely worthy of the mention. The barrels retain about 98% original blue, the loss due to some light even fading and remaining strong under normal ambient light, with a few light handling marks along the rib. The boxlock frame shows very light borderline engraving and is an overall pleasing mottled pewter case-hardened patina showing some strong remnants of original colors beneath the fences and ahead of the triggerguard bow; the bow itself with strong original blue. The checkered capped pistolgrip American walnut buttstock rates excellent with some nice grain figure in the butt, the wood proud of the metal over all, the stock having slid ''up'' slightly, proud at the top of the frame and just under at the bottom, it would be an easy thing to rectify. The beavertail forend rates excellent with much original varnish and crisp checkering and a wrap-around pattern, with the ebony tip insert intact, a couple minor handling dings along the left flat. The length of pull to the Pachmayr 1'' ventilated recoil pad is 13 1/2'' from the single nonselective trigger (would be about 14 1/2'' on a double trigger gun), with drops of 1 3/8'' and 2 1/4''. The gun locks up tight and is on-face and features non-automatic safety, single non-selective trigger and ejectors. The arm functions well mechanically for the most part, the left ejector however constantly trips, likely an easy adjustment. A very attractive smaller-bore NID, clearly ordered for the skeet field and really should be back between the houses. (3B9771-1) {C&R} (1200/1800)
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