Part of the provenance on this gun from Mark Conrad states that: "according to Order Book No 34 the gun was shipped to the Worlds Fair and Columbian Exposition in Chicago IL on March 1893 and he goes on to list a number of other Expositions in 1896 and 1898 prior to the sale of the gun to a Mr. C.A. Godfrey in 1901.
Mr. Conrad could not provide a valuation or indication of the No's Mfg'd.
My parker research indicates 2 BH Grade 5's were made and 6 BHE grade 5's were Mfg.
Gun Digest confirmed 2 BH Grade 5 were Mfg.
Can anyone confirm that this information is indeed correct.
I have the original stock and repaired skeleton Butt Plate. A second stock by Dave Wolf was made to my dimensions so I could shoot and hunt game birds.
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