That is the second time someone has mentioned the rarity of the "clearing rod" .... we had no idea.

The gun came from my great uncle ... and he was not a fisherman. He was one of only a handful of film projector technicians in the Canadianicon Maritimes back in the day. We are guessing he picked it up during his travels in the mid 50's.

The butt does have some markings in the wood, but i don't have a great picture of them .... I will post what I do have though.

Unfortunately the rifle is 4.5 hrs from my home/work al though I may make another trip down soon to get some better detailed pics and serial numbers.

Ian