Alvin,
When I saw that pristine M1900 Swiss commercial, initially, I was stunned with the thought of "how can a gun 105 years old" look that good" ???
The photo that swayed me to the "original" side of my internal debate was this barrel photo which seems to indicate barrel "halos" which usually do not survive a re-do well...
Although the owner was selling off most of his collection, this SN 14 was remaining in his safe.
