A Online Auction Bolo

[alvin]

First, here is the gun link:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=135991706

I am interested in this gun because its s/n is only 7 away from an instance that I have, and it looks good from pictures. I contacted the seller and scheduled a convinient time for both of us (today) to visit him so I can have a hand-on looking on this one. Of course, if it's good and he could lower the price .... one panel mismatches, that's very unfortunately on this gun.

The gentleman showed me the gun. It's in wonderful shape. Original salt blue, one area in the middle of the barrel and the heel of the magazine well lose a little bit blue, very common on this type of gun. Excellent bore, no pits, no rust, mirror bright with strong rifling. And, as said in the ad, one panel is numbered 2 away from the the gun. It's interesting to notice the color of the mismatched panel is actually slightly light than the other correct panel, I would think that's a good sign of being screwed up by a previous owner, instead of two matching guns, now there are two mismatched. The bottom edge of rectangle panel on the left of the gun is not straight, but that did look like a factory minor.

Although I did not buy the gun, today's weather is wonderful, I have not visited Vermont in many years and it's a great oppertunity to enjoy beautiful roadside views.