Well maybe you guys can remember way back when when my neighbor said he had a ML that he bought and never shot. I finally cornered him Friday and he brought it out to show me. It is a T/C Hawken .45 cal flinter. Bore looks in pretty good shape except for some dust. There is some minor surface rust on the barrel from not being oiled I assume, and the brass is dull from sitting. But the lock and triggers are in excellent working order. He is selling it to me tomorrow as soon as he gets the "long brass scope", bullets, powder and "all the other crap" he got with it.
Once in hand I will take some pics and let you know how much it cost me.