Vern
Good for you! Please rest assured that I am equally comfortable that this gun is OK. I am just as obstinate as you and based on the photos we are just going to have to agree to disagree. I see nothing in the internal photos to change my mind. Quite the contrary, I see the patina of an original piece that has had the action exercised a few times. There is no "channel" worn, it is just the light evidence that the action has been operated and scored the aged patina of the "in the white" interior. Might I remind you of your statement: â??The facts remain that this gun has been cleaned internally of all rust and in fact appears bright and shinny without even a hint of oxidation on internal surfacesâ?, yet you use the light score lines in the oxidation as evidence of wearâ?¦ya canâ??t have it both ways Slim!
I remain your pig headed protagonist, but hopefully still friends
Ron