When I bought this BRNO, it was covered with rust, some of which was pretty deep pits. It was not what I would have chosen but was the ONLY 16 gauge that I was able to find, after a year of searching. Of course, that darned Irishman Murphy came into play and I found another, in almost pristine condition, after I'd already cut up this one and was well along with the conversion. Now I'm going to have a cased pair, rifle AND shotgun, when I'm finished.

At any rate, after many hours of draw filing and stoning, I made "a silk purse out of a sow's ear".
Sunday night I finished the last carding on the action, let it sit in water-displacing oil for 24 hours, and yesterday spent a few hours putting all of the "bits', as the Brits say, back together. Here are a few photos of the finished product.

Now on to tinning the barrels and ribs and assembling them.