Originally Posted by
Dick Hosmer
Great find! Happy for you. One question - it may well be camera distortion/optical illusion or how the tape is aligned, but are those REALLY the long 9.25" rods? They don't LOOK like they are, just from a proportionate appearance. The stock is unquestionably correct - CANNOT be faked - so I have to ask about the rod holes, as the usual configuration has the 1882 'plug' style HSE fitted on top of the center rod. That's how mine is, and every other one (granted not all that many) that I've seen. Maybe there is a variant?
Again, a super find; I put the number in the electronic 'working copy' of my book manuscript.