Eastbank, I think the reason the finish isn't worn off of the receiver so bad is because the forearm on it comes way far back when it is open to carry it without carrying it by the actual receiver. It does have some wear spots on the finish externally, here and there, she isn't mint. Dad was a freak about this thing. It got wiped down externally after every event ( a tradition I still do to it ). It has shot the elements, cold, rain, snow, ect. ( we lived in Dayton, in Northridge, about 2 miles from Vandalia then ). Dad would listen to the weather report the day before a shoot, then if precipitation was in the forecast, he would put Vasaline on a rag and put a thin film on it, then clean it all off after the shoot. One time I borrowed it to go on a dove hunt, and when he found out it had been in a field ( He thought I used it for trap ) he beat my a$$ royally. I think ( if I remember right ) Dad said he paid 175.00 for it brand new, and had to make payments on it thru the local loan company ( in 1964, Dad's mortgage payment was 67.00 mo. ). He said there were 6 there on the rack that year with what HE called "Glass Type" wood. He said the rest had the grain, but was regular oil finish. Aint that some crap?, a trap gun for 175.00?