Old Shot Gun........HELP!

[AxeMan]

I'm not sure what we have here (Jpg.s to be added)

History as I know it:

It's a 12 gage.

It belongs to the son of a decease police officer.

The sons brother tried to remove a copper colored coating on the barrels.

There is a missing peice (see photo)

It is inscribed: J.N Scotts on the stock

On the barrel it says: J.M. Scotts Laminated Steel.

Firing mechanism still operational.

Does anyone know anything about this old shot gun?

http://www.mgouc.com/images/BudsGage2.jpg

[jr-vass]

Sorry, I can't find a reference to J (M or N) Scotts in either Numrich or the Standard Catalogue of Firearms.

I think there's a Michigan Antique Arms show in Novi next month. You may want to take it there to get it ID'd if no one else has the answer.

James

[ANIMAL]

laminated steel sounds like an old one that used black powder cartridges.
Do not shoot.

The brown was the original finish. To bad

I am having a brain fart and can't remember what those barrels are called. got it

Damascus, they are basically a pipe with wire wrapped and forged around them for more strength

is it a single, double?

[AxeMan]

laminated steel sounds like an old one that used black powder cartridges.
Do not shoot.

The brown was the original finish. To bad

I am having a brain fart and can't remember what those barrels are called. got it

Damascus, they are basically a pipe with wire wrapped and forged around them for more strength

is it a single, double?

Double