Ok, it sounds like the owner of the BHE was planning ahead. Call em in over decoys, miss with the first shot and hope for the best with the second.

Here is a turn of the Century pic of CD Smith (on right) with his brother
Attachment 81742

There appears to be minimal tissue damage so it is my guess those fine specimens were taken with the right barrel. :rotf:

Well, at least we now know for sure it was refinished . Parker 1909 ; -)
Oh, and the chokes are original.

Todd,

Do you have a picture of this gun you can post? It would be interesting to see the engraving on the floor plate.

Ken

Here's a link to it on the for sale forum;
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28930

God bless you Ed. Stay well. You give hope to the rest of us aging pgca members