Not likely to get any 8 ga in even trade but it is a nice nice gun. Hard to tell exactly but it does not appear to have a lot of original condition, ie CCH, bluing, etc

Yes I understand the condition issues but needing a conversation price as I'm not selling it. Still like to find 8 ga. I'll let you know if the RR connection pans out

I sent you a PM

On a gun like this. Condition would be just icing on the cake. As it sits, if it is in 100% working order and shootable, it is very valuable given the grade and rarity.

brian said it all...charlie

I indeed got a letter and it confirmed that it was purchased by George dugan who my grandfather received from him as a gift for letting him pheasant hunt on his farm in Stafford Ks.

That is cool! Not everyone has a gun with that much heritage:cool:

must have been a good hunt

In that day, Prairie Chicken filled the sky in south central Kansas

"Prairie Chicken Shooting In Kansas" Theodore R. Davis in Harper's Weekly Dec. 21, 1867

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Look at the looong barrels on those guns!