The only real issue was with the safety in that with it in the on position and when the forward trigger was pulled, it would force the safety to the off position and fire the right barrel. Using the excellent post I found by Mike Campbell on stock removal, I was able to solve that problem within a couple of hours. Thank you Mr.Campbell! BTW, there was no auto-safety rod, in fact no tunnel present, and no s/n stamped in the wood.
I had a local gunsmith measure the chokes and chambers before shooting the gun. The chambers at one time had been opened up to 2 3/4", but the thing I found odd was that the right choke measured .027" constriction while the left is only .009"
On Wednesday I got to shoot 4 rounds of skeet with it using some light 3/4 oz. loads I whipped up, and came away with 4 decent rounds of 25-24-25-23. I tried going from back trigger to front on some of the doubles, and while it seemed to work OK, it sure doesn't feel natural. Since the gun is no longer original anyway, I'm thinking about having the right choke opened up a bit, and of course leaving the left alone. Any thoughts?Anyway, at $1200 I almost dislocated a shoulder going for my wallet!
(Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics.)
