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Randy G Roberts
08-07-2020, 10:03 AM
This one is for sale on GI as listed by William Larkin Moore. A 1915 vintage with some unusual engraving that I personally like. Any deas on who the engraver may have been, possibly Anschutz or Runge in that era ?
Dean Romig
08-07-2020, 10:06 AM
I erred...

Please read my next post on this thread.






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Reggie Bishop
08-07-2020, 10:19 AM
That gun has lots of unusual features. No safety gun, but with 28" barrels and open chokes. I would like to see a letter on it to see if that length and choke config are original. The front sight sure isn't.
Randy G Roberts
08-07-2020, 11:18 AM
Wondered the same thing myself Reggie. Maybe it came from a GA plantation and a Gentleman who pursued Mr. Bob from a horse drawn wagon with a brace of fine dogs.
Mark Ray
08-07-2020, 11:31 AM
Wondered the same thing myself Reggie. Maybe it came from a GA plantation and a Gentleman who pursued Mr. Bob from a horse drawn wagon with a brace of fine dogs.

And Rails and Ducks from the engraving, which almost had to be requested!
Patrick Lien
08-07-2020, 12:30 PM
Started life with 32" barrels if I am reading the serial # correctly.

Patrick
Randy G Roberts
08-07-2020, 12:34 PM
Started life with 32" barrels if I am reading the serial # correctly.

Patrick

I wasn't interested so I never bothered to check it out. Now I'm gonna be sick.
Reggie Bishop
08-07-2020, 02:20 PM
:crying:

That was what I was afraid of!
Dean Romig
08-08-2020, 09:27 AM
In my previous post I had stated that I thought 1915 was a little early for Frederick Anschutz but I was wrong.

Anschutz began with Parker Bros. in 1897 and was chief engraver and head of the engraving department from 1911 through to his death in 1930 when Runge took over.

So, the unusual engraving on this gun may well have been done by him, though the animals on it are not executed in what he was known for on the grades above 5 and and up.





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John Knobelsdorf II
08-08-2020, 04:48 PM
Started life with 32" barrels if I am reading the serial # correctly.

Patrick

As I read the serial number, Price & Fjestad inform us:

TI3 H 3 C 20 32 See at Pg. 457

NOTE: the XT shown to be: “3” is for ADDED BBLS. See at Pg. 61
Dean Romig
08-08-2020, 06:45 PM
So this is a 2-frame 20 with 32” barrels, single selective trigger, no safety and a straight grip?

What’s not to love about this gun?





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Bill Murphy
08-10-2020, 03:05 PM
The Moore guys say that the previous owner, before them, only had one set of barrels. Too bad. It is my kind of gun. The present barrels may be uncut 28", not a bad deal. Actually, Dean, the Moores specified that the gun has a #1 frame. The price is the only thing not too great about the gun. Isn't that often the case?