The compass is cool !

Nice gun! Keep the compass, that's history right there.

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Ok, so I got the letter for this GHE today. It says it was completed in 1921 and was a GHE hammerless, 12 ga. with 28-inch Damascus barrels. Stock with capped pistol grip with LOP 14-1/8, DAC 1-3/8, DAH 2-5/8. Weight 7lbs. Price was $129.00
What would the chokes be if it says it was patterned RH 125 pellets and LH 225 pellets of size 7 shot in a 30 in. circle at 40 yards? I was surprised that it didn't tell anything about who ordered the gun, but at least it is as originally configured.

From surviving hang tags I've seen a 12-gauge that light was probably targeted with a 2 5/8-inch shell with 1 1/8-ounce of shot. A 1 1/8-ounce load of #7 would go 336 pellets, so 125/336 = 37.2% 225/336 = 67%. About cylinder & improved modified.

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I am wondering if the price of $129.00 is normal for a GHE in 1921. It seems that the only extra option is the ejectors.

Now all you need is "a thing in the stock that tells time..." and you'd have A Christmas Story Gun.

I don't have a catalog with a 1921 retail price list, but this Dec. 1, 1920, Retail Price List shows a GHE at $129.

Attachment 132946

For Jan. 1, 1912, the GHE was $78.75. Prices started going up fast in 1916, Jan. 24, 1916, the GHE was $84.74. By Nov. 18. 1916, the GHE was up to $91.35. They peaked about the time of your gun, then came down a bit in the on into the 1920s.

By the Jan. 2, 1922, Retail Price List, the GHE was down to $113.75.

Attachment 132943

The 1920 catalog has the price of a GHE listed at $129.00. A GH was $106.00.

This is why I love this place so much. There is so much knowledge here. Thanks so much for posting this information.