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Craig Larter
03-19-2019, 05:42 AM
Here are two quickie pictures of a gun you won't see every day, one of two made in that configuration. Bottom gun in picture comparing 30,32 and 34" bbls.
Reggie Bishop
03-19-2019, 05:48 AM
Now that is very nice Craig!
Bill Holcombe
03-19-2019, 07:20 AM
That's a cannon alright. What year was it made that it vame with Damascus barrels?
Mills Morrison
03-19-2019, 09:09 AM
Wow! Very nice!
MARK KIRCHER
03-19-2019, 09:37 AM
This is a very very special gun! I was able to shoulder and swing it this weekend. great balance. Does not feel barrel heavy at all! Sweet spot gun! Used not abused!

Somewhere there are mallards who have no idea whats coming! I cant wait to see it!

Hopefully video forthcoming in early December!
CraigThompson
03-19-2019, 01:43 PM
Very nice ! I received a Grade 0 top lever 10 gauge 34” yesterday by no means in the same league with that CH but a 34 inches none the less . I’ve got 10’s now that left the factory at (and are still) 28” , 30” , 32” and 34” . I most certainly wouldn’t turn down an EH with 34 , 36 or 38 inch barrels but I truely want EH’s with factory original 24 and 26 inch barrels . :bowdown:
Bill Jolliff
03-19-2019, 10:22 PM
And as witnessed last Sunday, Craig shoots it very well.

Yeah, mallards beware!
CraigThompson
03-21-2019, 01:36 PM
If you don’t mind saying what’s the struck weight on the barrels ? The reason I ask , that GH 10 gauge 34” that was for sale here was listed at a pound less and the struck weight on those barrels shows 6/1 .
Craig Larter
03-21-2019, 01:58 PM
6/13
CraigThompson
03-21-2019, 02:43 PM
6/13

Well 12 ounces would account pretty well for a pound difference in the two guns :cool:
Craig Larter
03-25-2019, 09:08 AM
Here is a picture of the letter. The pad is not original I guess not surprising for a duck gun. Great example of a golden era duck gun shipped to an area teeming with birds. A real treasure for me.
Craig Larter
03-28-2019, 06:33 PM
Finished up a new recoil pad and Brian Dudley fitted a replacement bolt. Locks up tight as new and ready to slap a couple of green heads this fall!! I really am excited about this gun.
CraigThompson
03-28-2019, 09:01 PM
Here is a picture of the letter. The pad is not original I guess not surprising for a duck gun. Great example of a golden era duck gun shipped to an area teeming with birds. A real treasure for me.

The 10 gauge 34 inch 4 frame 0 grade hammer I acquired at the most recent Rock Island auction went to a W.F. Kennedy Bros of St Paul , do you suppose either yours or mine had a typo in the record book ?

Or perhaps one brother ordered one gun in name and another brother ordered the other in name , perhaps ?