1914 PH 10 gauge 32” 3 frame
 

Got a new to me Circa 1914 PH 10 gauge on a 3 frame with 32” barrels . This thing “seems” to be stocked very nicely (ie more modern dimensions). And no I’ve not measured the drop etc yet !

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I have a 12g VH from that same era with a very high comb. Very shootable gun there.

While the comb feels great , it did seem to me to be awful fat in the wrist . So me being Mr. Negativity I thought right away it wasn’t the original stock . But a few minutes later the trigger guard was spun out of the way and the correct serial number was stamped in the wood :cool:

Nice find, saw an almost identical gun yesterday but so worn you could hardly see any checkering and the lever just flopped back and forth, no spring, but the asking price was $2500. Wanted something nice for the wife for Christmas but it was a little outside the budget.

Shot it yesterday one load of 0 buck each barrel !

This gun has an issue I need to address right away . After firing it won’t open without wiggling the rear trigger a bit . Both after actual firing or dry firing . Might have my gunsmith buddy look inside tommorrow or Tuesday .

Gummed up my guess ?

Turns out my left barrel issue is in the trigger guard . It has am almost imperceptible dent for lack of a better term and wasn’t allowing the trigger to totally reset . I decided against trying to bend it back and just left the trigger guard one turn shy of being all the way in problem solved .

That was lucky. Most issues aren’t so easily resolved.

You are so very RIGHT :whistle:

Every once in awhile you find one with less than 3 inches of drop at heel. I've been lucky a couple times over the years.

This one feels really good ! But I've also got a factory original circa 1891 EH 28" that feels pretty good as well as a Grade 1 top lever 10 gauge with factory original 26 and 30 inch barrels that feels pretty darn good as well and that ones an 1887 .

On the other hand I have a circa 1904 GH 10 gauge with 34" barrels that has a dogs hind leg for a stock and the number under the trigger guard matches .