If it weren't for the need for restocking, I would have my blued 28 gauge redone. It is a great gun, but no one appreciates the fine gloss blue on the receiver. It has a rare N.F. Strebe Gun Works recoil pad, so I'm guessing that my old friend Norman Strebe probably blued the gun as well as restocking it. Norman's shop is about three good baseball throws from William Wagner's gun store where the gun was originally sold in 1900. As I recall, we determined that this gun was the seventh 28 gauge sold by Parker Brothers. I would have to reread the PP article to be sure.
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