Back when I was a kid, I had one exactly like it. It was in pretty sad shape as a result of having been stored in a dilapidated barn for many years. A friend of my father's gave it too me. It had a fairly heavy coating of rust, and it was all there except for the extractor. At that time the Internet was a long way from even being thought about, so I had no idea where to get a replacement. Anyway, I made a halfhearted attempt to restore it, and did sand most of the rust off. I couldn't do much about the rusty bore, but I was thinking about re-lining it. The wood was in fairly good condition. It followed me around, uncompleted, for quite awhile, but I finally ended up selling it at a gun show maybe 30 years ago. As I remember, it brought a lot more than I expected, but I don't remember how much. I think the buyer mainly wanted the wood.
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