Good. Bore dark, dirty, oxidized and pitted. Metal cleaned some time ago and toning down with a dull gray and brown patina and evenly distributed light pitting. Markings mostly legible. Lock in original flint, but not mechanically functional with the top jaw, top jaw screw and front lock screws all replacements. Lock is not seating well in the mortise as the front screw is wrong and the rear screw is worn. Wood with moderate wear, scattered bumps, dings and mars, a crack in the obverse butt that appears to be a non-structural surface grain crack and with chipped loss around the triggerguard mounting pin on the reverse. Ramrod a modern replacement.

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