What Grade is this gun?
 

As usual, thanks for any information you can provide.
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A few more... This is not my gun...

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nice wood

i am having a little trouble with reading the serial number,

nice gun and that wood is better than most....is this a 20 ga...charlie

Grade 2 laminated steel barrels pistol grip 16 with 28" barrels under lifter with lightening cuts made 1880. Nice gun

I find it interesting that it has a SKBP, the bolsters say a grade 2 maybe special order with a SKBP, Gary

Is it my eyes or do the wedges in the end of the barrels appear to be missing ?
Indicating possibly shortend.
Tom

Tom, I believe the keels are there just the light is making it look that way. Gary

Unfortunately, my notes say 26-1/8" barrels.
Gary, what is SKBP please?
It is 16 ga. laminated steel barrels.
Sorry the photo of the rib markings didn't turn out well.
It looked like I had it when I took it.
Dang trifocals.

SKBP - Skeleton butt plate

Not the first grade 2 with an SSBP that I have seen. It is the second. An oddity for sure.

I own a Grade 2 with skeleton butt and know of others. A PGCA letter may give some clues about this great gun.

John, yours is another one of those P Laminated Steel barreled Grade 2 guns.

Very unusual that it has a skeleton steel butt plate, but as others have said, others are known to exist.

Here's a Grade-0 No. 10165 that I've shown before, with some very unusual features including a SSBP. Note, there is no checkering at all... even on the butt within the SSBP.





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But they sculpted the bolsters... Interesting.

That's just one of the unusual features....

It looks like it has like 4" of drop.

Austin's had easily the same amount of drop but it was even more pronounced, being a straight grip lifter. His was also a 20 ga. on the same diminutive frame size... 15/16" between strikers.