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Unread 02-19-2013, 07:16 PM   #21
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if mills has a viedo what it looks like before it was worked on an can show it i will get my wife or somebody to viedo the test fire... ive still got to put steel shims in some ares will also try to get this in the viedo.. bill im gl.ad you and others thought of this viedo. does gun need to show work done on the viedogive me some ideas fellas...charlie
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Okay...I give up. Who is Popcorn Sutton?
Dave, just one of many youtube videos of Popcorn Sutton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLRW_XqOzc If you ever have a chance to watch the entire length of "The Last One", be careful, you may find yourself wanting to sneak off to some secluded spot in the New England woods to do things your government deems unfit. Oh, that's right, many of us are already doing that...

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Before photos of Charlie's 8 gauge
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Here are a few "before" photos. Note the C-clamp marks on the stock. These marks are on both sides of the stock and the theory is that the gun was clamped down on the end of a boat as a punt gun or battery gun.
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Here are the photos. Computer ate them in the last post.
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nice umm patina
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That gun was strictly somebody's tool. It wasn't a collector piece, an heirloom or an investment. It was probably an essential component to someone's livelihood and survival. I don't think I've ever seen a gun that speaks of it's past like this one does. It is unique and if you're able to get back to shootin shape then you have restored it to it's intended purpose. I hope you never take it any farther than that. I love that gun!
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Dave,
Popcorn Sutton spent most of his life in Maggie Valley. He was the self proclaimed "best moonshiner" in this area and promoted himself through his videos which really is a chamber of commerce statement for our mountains--pun intended. I think there is a TV show, possibly called "The Moonshiners" that airs in your part of the world as well as here.
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I love it. If you can get pictures of the test fire that would be something to see.
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More pictures of Charlie's 8



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