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Unread 09-25-2023, 09:06 PM   #1
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Forty inch barrels ....... Wow! That is the definition of cool. Choke(s)?
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Thomas that is just a really cool gun. Never seen a 20 bore with barrels that long. Congrats on a neat find.
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Belgian and likely after 1910 but pre-WWI
The barrels look to be fluid steel, but do not carry Smokeless Proof which was then optional and not atypical for tradename doubles intended for the U.S. market
It appears to have monobloc barrels so possibly by H. Pieper
The L bore is 16.4 mm = .646" and muzzle constriction 15.6 mm = .614" so choked 20g full at .032"
The chambers are almost surely 2 1/2"
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Drew: The Barrels are Fine Damascus Steel and it has no. ser. no. It does require 2 1/2 shells with not much choke left in right barrel but left is fine. I took it to Pat Laib's gun shop in Spicer. It now will get a good cleaning. I have to dig thru my old shells and find some 2 1/2. Thanks Thomas
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