Torador barrel for comment.

rickystl · 15th August 2015, 06:19 PM

Hi Pukka.
That is a really nice Torador barrel. With some very nice hammer decoration and silver mounts. Please do post additional photos after you receive the gun. I would like to see what the breech plug looks like. The barrel looks very early.

The pan appears to have been made without a movable cover. And your contact mentions the bore is in very good clean condition. Hmmm. After you receive the barrel, see if the outside patina on the barrel is the same color/shade all around. Or if it is a differnt shade of patina on the lower half (under portion) of the barrel, which would be the evidence the barrel was in a wood stock.
If the bore is in good shape, and the patina even the length of the barrel, it could be this barrel was completed, but never mounted to a gunstock. (?)

Your new pics will be interesting to see.
Rick.

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15th August 2015, 06:19 PM	#3
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	Hi Pukka. That is a really nice Torador barrel. With some very nice hammer decoration and silver mounts. Please do post additional photos after you receive the gun. I would like to see what the breech plug looks like. The barrel looks very early. The pan appears to have been made without a movable cover. And your contact mentions the bore is in very good clean condition. Hmmm. After you receive the barrel, see if the outside patina on the barrel is the same color/shade all around. Or if it is a differnt shade of patina on the lower half (under portion) of the barrel, which would be the evidence the barrel was in a wood stock. If the bore is in good shape, and the patina even the length of the barrel, it could be this barrel was completed, but never mounted to a gunstock. (?) Your new pics will be interesting to see. Rick.