The barrels appear to have been re-blackened. I would shy away from the gun until I had inspected it.

Barrels this black, especially on a gun with its evidence of wear, evidence the butt plate, would have thinned bluing on the barrel sides at the receiver from handling, and factory rust bluing was not so black.


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