AHE .410 Discussion Moved to this Subforum

[Bill Murphy]

Continuing our discussion of the AHE .410 from the "For Sale" subforum, Dean mentions that the gun showed some use. Yes, it is a field used gun with a shortened stock. I believe I provided Dean with pictures, which he may choose to share on this forum. It is a lovely little gun, in skeet configuration with, I believe, Skeet In or Skeet Out chokes in both barrels. I don't remember which. Now that someone says he saw the gun at Chantilly, I have more of an idea of the identity of the buyer, a fellow that occasionally crosses the Mason Dixon line to make a trade or two. At the Gettysburg auction, he was described as a "local". I can't imagine why we have not heard of this gun since its sale, but the fellow who I suspect may have bought the gun is not a real outgoing guy. How about those pictures for the forum or PP, Dean?

[Bill Murphy]

Good grief, did I just post that "I provided someone with pictures"?

[Dean Romig]

Yeah, you did Bill.... but you never posted them on the forum. :knowbetter:

[Dean Romig]

Continuing our discussion of the AHE .410 from the "For Sale" subforum, Dean mentions that the gun showed some use. Yes, it is a field used gun with a shortened stock. I believe I provided Dean with pictures, which he may choose to share on this forum. It is a lovely little gun, in skeet configuration with, I believe, Skeet In or Skeet Out chokes in both barrels. I don't remember which. Now that someone says he saw the gun at Chantilly, I have more of an idea of the identity of the buyer, a fellow that occasionally crosses the Mason Dixon line to make a trade or two. At the Gettysburg auction, he was described as a "local". I can't imagine why we have not heard of this gun since its sale, but the fellow who I suspect may have bought the gun is not a real outgoing guy. How about those pictures for the forum or PP, Dean?


I am in the process of moving all of my Parker corespondence and all of my other stuff from my small office/gunroom upstairs to my new digs that I have just finished in my basement. It would be a very time-consuming search to find those pictures.... but someday I will post them to this thread.

[Bob Jurewicz]

Bill,
Is this the gun that was at the Southern???
I was ready to buy it but could not document.
Bob J

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Bill, The selling price you talked about seems correct to me, best I remember it was a little over 100,000, and the gun was in rather rough shape, but still it is a A grade 410, the only one I know of! I was introduced to the man with the gun, "I was told he had bought it for a collector who wanted to remain anonymous" and after showing me the A grade 410 he came to my tables and looked at my P grade steel barrel collection,which included the 410, and the 28 gauge, gary

[Bill Murphy]

Bob, I am not aware of an AHE .410 at the Southern. Maybe you could tell us more about it.

[Kevin McCormack]

I can't find any discussion of this gun under the "For Sale" subforum. Am I looking in the wrong place? Lots of detail behind the surfacing and sale of this gun!

[David Noble]

Kevin, it was buried in George Purtill's ad for his grade 4 hammer gun.
The discussion was moved here to not muddy up George's thread.

[Rich Anderson]

Good grief, did I just post that "I provided someone with pictures"?

Early sign of dementia Bill???:rotf:

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Uh Oh, The dread CRS disease! It can manifest itself any time, cure 1/2 lemon or lime and Padrone tequila, Gary

[Bill Murphy]

Yup, Gary, the exact price was $116,000 before any tax. The buyer should have had it shipped out of state to save himself the PA State sales tax.

[Dean Romig]

This skeet configured AHE .410 is No. 241576 and was ordered and sold by A&F with 'skeet out' and 'skeet in' 28" barrels.

Believed to have originally been ordered in 1939 by the same gentleman who ordered the IJ Skeeter .410 two-barrel set that I once owned.

[Bill Murphy]

Who was that person, Dean? I would like to see whether he was a competition skeet shooter or just a bird hunter.

[Dave Suponski]

What do ya mean "just a bird hunter"? Some of my closest friends are "just bird hunters :)

[Dean Romig]

Barnard.... but you knew that Bill.