Dear Tacfoley,
This is a bit off topic, but I'll shoot for it anyway. The Edsel was never considered a bad car. In MBA marketing school classes, it is considered as an example of bad market timing of a big car at a time that America was down sizing autos. As a collectors car, it is a prize. Not as big a prize as the original Mustag or the 1954-56 Chevy, but right up there.
But now to get back on topic. I am surprised that you would focus in the out-of-focus markings on the underside of the barrel. In my original comments, I mentioned two things to look at and the markings under the barrel were the least important of the two. The markings just would affect the price which would only matter to Tom A. The barrel alignment markings being a tad off was the more important of the two. These markings are not supposed to be even a tad off. For some unknown reason, this barrel could have been replaced/removed. I could be wrong, but Tom A should take a look at that for his own benefit and curiousity.
Big Norm
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