thanks for the input guys,,,,don ,the gun store i bought it from is a real junkyard ,the gun is originally from stoneham mass. then bought by an old timer in melrose , then within 2 months traded to a gun store in new hampshire ,,,,don did you go to the holiday inn gun show in new hampshire over the winter, it was sitting on a rack with guns that you would think were going to be sold as scrap metal if they werent sold that day!!! i will post more pics of the full lenght . now that im in the 21st century with my cameras and with the help from mehul