Wow, you guys really are generous. I never got this much help on other gun forums! Then again, there are quite a lot of you. Heh.

Pictures were called for, and I must deliver. Warning: They're a little big.



You can see now what he meant by it being a shooter. He left the gun in its original box, but I think something must have leaked inside of said box. I keep it in my bedside safe.



Flawless on this side, though.

Unfortunately there aren't many gun stores in this area, and I went through their bargain bins. Hunter's a nice option, but my eye keeps swinging toward that old 21-36 as a stopgap, until I can build the cash for something like, say, one from Lefty or that Eagle character. Heh.

Also, thank you kindly Paul, for letting me know about the manufacture timeframe! He said he bought it in the 40s, so 1948 and 1949 makes sense. He was back from the war by then.