Arms, Armor and Militaria

Good. Bore very good, moderately oxidized with some pitting and with deep, strong rifling. Barrel moderately oxidized with some surface roughness and light pitting, retaining traces of old brown. The German silver wedge escutcheon on the obverse is missing and has been replaced with a crude brass one. The front sight has been filed down to a smaller blade during the period of use. Lock is mechanically functional. Wood shows moderate wear and a major repair to the area above and to the rear of the lock, at the top of the wrist. This entire area has been broken and re-glued to the gun. A section of wood along the barrel channel on the obverse has been repaired running from the front of the lock to the nose cap. Two smaller cracks are repaired on the reverse as well, one at the lock screw and one between the nose cap and wedge. Otherwise, the wood shows moderate wear and scattered bumps, dings and mars.

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