If you are in Indiana, I would travel to Btown and look at the gun, if they still have it there. Take your forms to show it is yours and you may get it back. At least you could get a chance to see it and what condition it is in.
Richard Lee Clauss was a Class II in Northern Indiana. He passed away 12 June 2019. I did not know him. I believe someone else was asking about him a while back.
1951 - Good ole Tarzan ( Lex Barker} stops gun runners in the African jungle. Of course the bad guys won't do much damage with a closed bolt. The fight scenes are comical. LOL
Northern Indiana. Nobody likes to go up there. I have a farm up there and don't like to go north. 🤣
Being the mayor of my small town, I like to stay close by.🤣
Not familiar with him, but it looks like he was in northern Indiana. Passed away in 2019.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fortwayne/name/richard-clauss-obituary?id=1825182
Read about this last night. Was hoping it wasn't true. He was a great guy and an incredible wealth of knowledge. He will be deeply missed. Rest easy my friend. Leukemia is a MF.