Who got the 34" DHE on GB
 

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/623152129

Going to require some work, but they don't grow on tree's.

Nice find for someone

Never saw that listing

My money's on Dr. John.






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That's a good deal if the description is accurate.

But the description leaves a lot of holes.






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I had a gentleman contact me that was considering the purchases of this gun and he sent me additional photos of the gun that were not in the listing.

The short description makes it sound great. And the 4 photos dont help either. The gun was a damn mess in a LOT of ways. It suffered from a lot of hack smithing. $2,500 was way too much for it.

I'm still trying to figure how come there is an extra screw in the bottom of the frame and what purpose it served.

Here is a list as i recall...

- Non-original wood in American walnut, not circassian.
- Stock very fat all over and checkered incorrectly.
- Straight grip trigger guard that was cut off short for some reason.
- All major screws on the gun are messed up.
- Gun was a splinter gun originally and now wears a crude Btfe.
- The screw holes for the latch on the FE iron are all hogged out for some reason.
- Whoever made the forend found it easier to cut off the points at each end of the forend latch. Instead of inlet it properly.

I am sure i am forgetting a couple things.

I got my brain calculator fired up and figured it would be probably 5 to 6K to make it right and that was if the barrels were in good shape. For someone who can do all the work himself, it might have been worthwhile. Wonder how many 34" DHEs with a straight stock are out there? can't be too many.

Destry's "Swamp Angel" is that configuration, and he does it proud in a duck marsh