1900 Test Eagle?

[DavidJayUden]

There is something about those early guns. Maybe the lines are sharper from using newer tooling, or maybe it is just how the parts seem to grow out from one another, perfect fit. But you know you are holding a rarely all handcrafted piece of gunmaker's art.
Like we use to say about old double-barrelled rifles, they were made before a man's time was worth anything.
dju

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

There is something about those early guns. Maybe the lines are sharper from using newer tooling...

Maybe they were made before tumbling machinery to break sharp edges (small rounded stones in constant motion)...

Back in 1969, when I worked as a milling machine operator at an aerospace subcontractor, all my stringer clips were tumbled before final inspection...Gave them a 'stone washed' look...