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Message started by Whig on Jan 27th, 2019 at 1:07am

Title: Re: New 1894 Acquisition with Reproduction Stock
Post by Dick Hosmer on Jan 27th, 2019 at 9:58pm
No, it is not. That stock shows a great deal of thought, and lot of high-quality work, but to espouse the theory that it began life at SA is wishful thinking. The tip cut is not right, and sloppy to boot. The rod is absolutely not right, and I have some doubts (at least from the pictures/angles shown so far) as to the virginity of the upper band. Ditto the sideplate, and, am I the only one who thinks the edges of the barrel crown are not QUITE sharp enough? I'd measure the barrel length REAL carefully - only a few thousandths need to come off to 'almost' flatten a standard crown.

Not "trashing" either, honestly, but "not right" is "not right". I only hope Whig did not pay top collector dollar.

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