Well you certainly came to the barn with plenty of horses but this is not your typical firearms forum.   First of all, you're not likely to find a friendlier tribe for all from neophyte to scientific inquisitive. But even more this forum is a collective of so many levels of experience and knowledge you're always smart to think twice before asking or answering. So buckle up my new friend and take a ride to ' I didn't know that ' land. 

Rick

What caliber is your Borchardt? Does it have added wood side panels?

Appreciate the welcomes and the heads up on posting pics.
Will dig out the better camera and post some picz.

Been perusing the board and given there is a charge for joining
this board, sort of figured that the members here were probably
ten fold above in knowledge and five time more prone to providing
useful assistance than is generally found on the free forums.

I have found a couple of forums that are free and useful. A couple ....

I am n the process of building my library. I have Frank Seller's book.
Have volumes I, II, III and IV of the Paxton, Marcot Sharps Rifle volumes.
Flayderman's Guide, Blue Book of American Firearms.
Any suggestions from the group as to any other books I should procure would
be most appreciated.

Hawk

Charge for joining the forum?  That is news to me.  You can join the ASSRA which has its benefits, but it in not mandatory.

I would pay to access the forum if it meant keeping it active.   The membership is a bargain I just for the journal.  The only problem with the forum is that the buy and sell section seems to drain my bank account. 

Jack

To follow up on my first response I did not know you had to pay to log onto the forum. Of course membership does require dues of course.  However regardless of the cost of dues this forum is a broad collective of experts ranging from early historic single shot military and civilian hunting and target rifles, European Schuetzen and numerous collectors and shooters of almost every build in the U.S.. Plus detailed information on repairs, modifications and new builds. 

The fact is that to  garner this much comprehensive information on such an extensive range of historic and target firearms would cost you serious funds in books, if you could find them.   But it's more or less all offered up on this site. So like gardening with patience and some well aimed specific questioning there isn't much that can't be answered and learned.Plus the as a member you'll receive the Single Shot Journal. This is not your typical club rag but a very high class magazine full of quality illustrations and historic photos well worth more than the dues. 

And there is more ! Shipping and handling extra

Rick