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I'm just a detail guy. Learned that by shooting real big guns "danger close."
I do appreciate your help.
Happy New Year!

Sorry for the near duplicate posting. I think I got caught by the page change from 1 to 2, thought I'd screwed up something and sent it again. Oh well, time to quit and watch the Wild Card game, I...

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OK. I understand now. Thanks again. To my eye, there is nothing between the shield metal and the shroud.
Appreciate the "instruction." Here are a couple of closeups.
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(To Shooter88) OK. I understand. To my eye, there is only the single thickness of the shield itself affixed/welded to the shroud. Here are a couple of closer shots:
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I've read that the WW1 pieces were blued, some say nicely so. This has remnants of bluing, the "Parkerized" look I mentioned, and everything else in-between.
Were the action parts originally blued,...

I'm not seeing anything like a shim, if I'm understanding you correctly. I moved a slip of paper from front to rear, as one would to see if a rifle barrel "free-floats," and the paper goes from the...

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I am trying to determine the history of this shotgun and will sincerely appreciate your input. Specifically, is this a WW1 Trench Gun, based on its photos and my description? I have not disassembled...

Brand new to this forum and site. I want to test uploading a photo, so I can post on a M1897 trench gun to learn more about it.
Here goes (just my crow gun):
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