the "can this be fixed" lifter 12ga

[Rob Marshall]

Well I know some said walk away and some said run away, but I think I got it cheap enough to bring it back to a safe shooter. The stock has a couple repairs and may have been refinished at some point. It has mismatched hammers also. Bores are fair. Lock up is tight.
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[Dean Romig]

Nice!




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[Robin Lewis]

What Dean said!

[charlie cleveland]

get that stock repaired and you will have a great shooter and a nice gun...what type of barrel steel is she made with...charlie

[Dean Romig]

Have you been able to determine who E.Bridges was?

Looks like hot lead was poured into the hole in the stock behind the butt plate.





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[Rob Marshall]

get that stock repaired and you will have a great shooter and a nice gun...what type of barrel steel is she made with...charlie
28" plain twist

[Rob Marshall]

Have you been able to determine who E.Bridges was?
Looks like hot lead was poured into the hole in the stock behind the butt plate.





. it maybe lead. It wieghs right at 10Lbs. I have not been able to find out who E. Bridges is. The shotgun came to me from New York. My mothers maiden name was Bridges but I doubt there is any relation.

[Brian Dudley]

You know what is very odd...? The name stamps on your gun on the water table and the barrel flats. I once owned another early lifter that also had a name stamped on it in the same exact way, in the same locations and in the same font even. Different name. But same in every other way.

A real strange coincidence.

[Rob Marshall]

I wonder if some retailer offered stamping your name on the barrels and water table free with the purchase of the shotgun?

[Dean Freeman]

Or a hunt club

[Rick Losey]

Looks like hot lead was poured into the hole in the stock behind the butt plate.


and it looks like a couple of the splits are radiating from the lead filled hole

[Brian Dudley]

and it looks like a couple of the splits are radiating from the lead filled hole



Not surprised

[Mike Franzen]

Nice gun! I'm wondering how a 2 frame gun can weigh 10 pounds?

[Rick Losey]

Nice gun! I'm wondering how a 2 frame gun can weigh 10 pounds?

I have a PH 12 on a 2 frame that comes close - if they threw some lead in the stock with very heavy barrels and weight can rack up pretty quick.

[Mike Franzen]

Just seems really heavy. I have a 2 frame hammer gun with 28" bbls that's just over 8 pounds. Interesting gun for sure.

[Rob Marshall]

I'm going to weigh it on my shipping scales tomorrow. I have never heard of pouring lead in the stock. I'm guessing to lessen the recoil? I ordered the letter for it a couple of week ago.

[Dean Romig]

I have an uncut set of 2-frame, 30", 10 gauge Damascus barrels that are stamped 5 lbs., 11 oz. and are very thick walled. I have fitted them to my 2-frame DH PG with a LOP of 14 1/4" and the balance point is about 3 1/2" in front of the hinge pin. :eek:






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[Rick Losey]

[QUOTE=Rob Marshall;207852I'm guessing to lessen the recoil? [/QUOTE]

Or to improve the balance due to the gun being barrel heavy

[Mike Franzen]

4-6 is the unstruck bbl weight. I can't remember what mine are.

[Rob Marshall]

I weighed it this morning on my shipping scales and it only reads 8.9Lbs. Barrels and forearm 4.4Lbs and the action and butt stock 4.5Lbs. It shoulders and points really nice.

[Rob Marshall]

I think I need to find a finer set of scales to weigh it on. My shipping scales are for weighing pallets. The letter that Mr. Bishop was so nice to email me this morning shows 8 pounds 11 ounces. It really feels heavier than 9Lbs.
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