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Got it from GB about 3 months ago. The auction said "Model 25-2 Lew Horton 1 of 100". Every one is looking for one of those but no one has ever seen one. So I looked closely at the pic's & I knew it's not a Lew Horton. No markings on the barrel. But it looks like a Jovino
. So I bid on it six days till end of auction. I put a bid of $600 on it and waited. Last hour somebody starts bidding, As he bids I bid, got past $800, I bid once more and said thats it. At this point I'm not sure what I'm bidding on. I won the auction. So when I received it it looked like a Jovino but who knows unless you have it lettered. Anyway, I get back to the seller and explained why I knew it's not a Lew Horton: No markings on barrel etc. He says "Let s cut to the chase, How much you want to give me for it?" I said $600 I think is fair. He says OK
. Even if it was't a Jovino it's a cool gun in really good shape. I'd say 98%. So at first I think it is not a Jovino, The workmenship is a little off. First I see the barrel crown is not that great, the ball lockup is not that tight, so am thinking some other smith did the work. I brought it to a local smith to fix the crane lockup & he added another to the top of the crane, locks up like a vault now. I was't going to letter it thinking it's not a Jovino & I can always believe it is, but I had to know. So I got the letter today & to my surprise it is a Jovino.
Best action of all my smiths & shoots great too. So to all you guys who think yours is'n a jovino because of some not so good smithing, you never know, I guess even the Jovino's shop had their bad days too, just like S&W.


