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10-05-2013, 09:21 AM | #3 | ||||||
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As Brian suggests, there are #1 frame guns out there with barrels marked "1/2". It is assumed that 1/2 frame guns were made in the period of the factory blueprints, around 1930. As I recall, there are stock book entries for a series of 1/2 frame experimental guns earlier than the Remington acquisition. Craig's article may list them.
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10-05-2013, 09:36 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Thanks for the info. I checked out both articles. They are interesting guns. But what is your opinion on the premium prices asked for them ?
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10-05-2013, 09:55 AM | #5 | ||||||
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That is a topic of my article Bill. At least as it relates to 1/2 frames. Sine my writing was about a gun (226709) that was long thought to be something it is not. TPS assumed that number 226709 was an experimental gun for the 1/2 frame. But in my finding of this gun and documenting of it, it is in fact an experimental gun, but it is nota 1/2 frame. It is a 1-1/2 frame. It was my conclusion, that in the days prior to the use of rubber stamps for frame sizes In the stock books, that all 1/2 hand written entries were actually to mean 1-1/2 size. This hand written period covered about 4 years if I remember correctly.
My suspicion is that if Stock books were to examined after the rubber stamping for frame size was used, a 1/2 size would NOT be found recorded in Meriden records. Regarding value... Anything that is hard to find and carries mystique is going to command a premium. In general, Ilion made guns can command some premium due to be few were are in the grand scheme of things. Many assume the 1/2 frame as be some ultra light 12g. But many who own or have inspected legit 1/2 frame guns find they are not all that much lighter than 1 frames. For anyone out there that does not get the DGJ and is wondering what I am speaking about. I urge you... Order the Summer 2013 issue and enjoy it.
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10-05-2013, 12:36 PM | #6 | ||||||
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10-05-2013, 02:11 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Ron Kirby did an article on the 1/2 frame in one of the old Parker Pages.
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10-06-2013, 09:03 AM | #8 | ||||||
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10-06-2013, 09:10 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I have an order copy for a six pound 12 gauge. If I can dig it out, I will post the specifics. The AAHE 12 offered for sale at Robin Hollow was ordered at 6 1/2 pounds from Abercrombie and Fitch. I believe it is a 28" gun. My 1/2 frame DHE weighs about 6 1/2 pounds with the 12 gauge barrels and about the same with the 16 gauge barrels. Both sets are 28", but the stock is very small.
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01-18-2020, 09:58 AM | #10 | ||||||
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The AAHE I mentioned is owned by a friend who bought it at auction for a very low price after it was advertised as "wall thickness below recommended minimum" implying that it had been honed. It was not honed after being made at Parker Brothers. It was just ordered to be very light. I couldn't afford the gun at the time, so I recommended that my friend bid on it.
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