I like the old battle scars as well. If only they could speak! With rifles like this I'd much rather look at a worn but servicable and maintained gun and know that it has seen the hunting fields and been proven in action than an unfired example.

When I see one my mind always wonders to thoughts of whose hands carried it for so long to wear the fnish and engraving like that? What were they after? Was that stock gouge caused by being dropped in a hurry? Who used it enought that that piece needed to be replaced?

What fun!