4 Frame 10 gauge

[Mills Morrison]

This is a Grade 2 I recently acquired. It is a fixer upper, but I have seen (and saved) worse. It is a lifter, but has game engraving like the Grade 2 top levers. Very much a transitional gun.

I compared it to a top lever grade 2 I have that is 20,000 serial numbers later and this one has a lot more scroll and decorative engraving than the later grade 2.

[Mills Morrison]

A better picture of the side plate

[Rick Losey]

very cool Mills

can't wait to see it prettied up with ducks

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks Rick! It should be great for the ducks

[CraigThompson]

Works for me :)

[Mills Morrison]

For those wondering, it has 30" barrels which appear to be original (and check out in the book). It looks like it was originally a pistol grip stock and someone replaced it with a straight grip. Stock is pretty massive and appears to have been designed to handle recoil from Mac Daddy stuff

[Mike Poindexter]

Still has the old style firing pins and the smaller extractor, but the newer radius and reinforcing rib at the breech face/water table intersection, along with the later style engraving. Looks like the barrels may be stamped Pt but then there are two D's. What does the top rib say? Serial no.? A very interesting transition gun!

[Mills Morrison]

Top rib says Damascus. 21xxx serial number

[Mills Morrison]

Here is another one from the same era. A 12 gauge on a 1 frame. A joy to shoot.

[Jay Oliver]

Very nice Mills. I like it! It doesn't look like too much of a project and the engraving is not that worn. A very nice gun and a great find!

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks Jay. I think you are right and a good cleaning will do wonders for it.

[Bill Murphy]

Mills, congratulations. A good friend and PGCA member called me and put me onto the little #4 frame. However, too many irons in the fire, too many projects right now. You can't argue about the price.

[Brian Dudley]

Did you at least let him know that you were not interested? I hope you didnt leave him hanging.

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks Bill. The seller really beat it up in the ad and it really isn't all that bad

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Great gun Mills, You will have fun with that big boy, gary