I viewed this Johann Springer again Saturday. It does have some issues. The main one is a fracture in the stock in the wrist area. It has had some minor freckling on the highly polished blueing. Neither of the barrels are marked, but there is a letter with the gun stating that it is a 12/over 25/35. I can't remember who the letter was from, but it was from a society of gun collectors. The drilling is mechanically solid and if the fracture was repaired and the freckling cleaned up it would still be a nice shooter. The rifle bore needed cleaning and it looked as if it had a rapid twist. The bore was dark but I think it would clean up very well. The only other issue is the original butt plate or pad is bad. I think that it is original with the drilling. He wants a grand for it and I don't think I will buy it. It does have matching serial numbers. The drilling was imported in 1920. It is still a great old piece of history.
