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11-06-2011, 09:55 PM | #13 | ||||||
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Wonderful.
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11-07-2011, 08:28 AM | #14 | ||||||
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OK, Bruce, you win. I'm hitting the PRINT button on that ball grip. I don't know how they did it, but I want one. The dog on the plain lockplate is also worth saving.
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11-07-2011, 11:10 AM | #15 | ||||||
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Bill, of course that D is not mine, but thanks for the win anyway, whatever I won. Some of these early guns had such a high quality of workmanship, even in the lower grades. You look at how the checkering lines met at the middle line, then continued, wow. Yes the engraving also, spectacular.
I have a single hammer gun, and am fortunate to have that, the rest I enjoy vicariously. Maybe by posting these photos and showing people how gorgeous these guns are and by showing that they are shootable today with sensible smokeless powder loads, we can play a small part in keeping them desireable and not just regarded as wallhangers. For people who would have a tough time finding even a D grade , you know those G grade hammer guns are pretty nice and can be found reasonably. With a little fluffing up, a person can end up with a pretty nice gun. |
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11-07-2011, 04:54 PM | #16 | ||||||
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WHAT IS THE BIRD ON THE TRIGGER GUARD?
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11-07-2011, 08:09 PM | #17 | ||||||
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Calvin, that's a duck flying right to left low over a marsh.
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The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post: |
11-24-2011, 12:11 AM | #18 | ||||||
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I have a very similar gun minus the dog's heads in the open field at the rear of the lock plates. Its condition isn't nearly as nice as this one but considerably better than when I bought it. The serial number is 45 higher than the one pictured.
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11-24-2011, 12:03 PM | #19 | ||||||
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any body out there got or seen any 11 ga shells and so marked as 11 ga.... charlie
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11-24-2011, 02:37 PM | #20 | ||||||
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Hard to find.
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