A C Grade without Barrels - Page 14

Mills · 10-28-2012, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

I have seen the GUN and it is gorgeous.
What a great climax to a long hunt.
I hope someone photographed it and will post pictures.

I saw it too and it sure was beautiful. It was good to see a lot of you in Georgetown and hope to meet the rest of you at a future event

Twice Shooter · 10-28-2012, 05:45 PM

Hi Mills, It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Hope to see you at the Sanford in April. Cheers, Tom

Mills · 10-28-2012, 06:44 PM

Tom, You, David and the others involved put on a first class meeting. Julia and I had a great time and we are working on arranging for Sanford.

Bill Murphy · 10-28-2012, 09:12 PM

Linda and I went around the course with Mills and Julia and had a great time. Yup, Tom and David were great hosts. Thank you for the comments about the old brown CH Bernard gun. I put out a full history of its original owner and seller who were both from nearby Charleston. More than a few read about the gun and the family history of the original owner, and commented on the local connection.

Dean Romig · 10-29-2012, 08:43 PM

Nuts!! I never saw your gun Bill... Never thought to ask. It's my own fault. I hope to see it sometime in the future.

Mills · 10-29-2012, 08:46 PM

You missed one heck of a gun. The engraving was just meticulous . . . and the Bernard barrels and the story behind it . . . .

Craig Larter · 11-05-2012, 01:06 PM

Bill: Which gun is THE CH???? The straight grip?? Looks awesome---Please bring it to Hausmann's in the Spring. Craig

Bill Murphy · 11-05-2012, 01:56 PM

Thanks for the pictures, Craig. The top gun, the pistol grip, is DH #74,151 wearing the 28" Bernard barrels and forend. The straight grip gun is the CH # 86,988 wearing the 32" Bernard barrels and forend. The DH will stay in my collection even though I have found the CH back end. Two guns are better than one. Both are #2 frame guns with original skeleton butts. Boths sets of barrels will fit either gun.

Autumn Daze · 11-05-2012, 02:35 PM

Thanks for the pictures guy's. I missed seeing this great gun also! Drat...

TARNATION !!! · 11-05-2012, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

The DH will stay in my collection even though I have found the CH back end. Two guns are better than one.

Very practical philosophy. It then must follow that 3 are better than 2 and 4 better than 3 and 5 better than 4 and so on and so on .......... Where does it end. I may need help.

Cheers,
Jack