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Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges
Pete, great find. I have owned about six different Double Autos over the years. All shot really well and i liked them. Wish i had kept at least one. Seeing yours makes me want to buy anther. Yours is in really good condition. No worm holes in the buttplate and the particular rib on yours is fairly rare. Maybe I will go on the hunt  Can't wait to see it. |
Worm holes in the butt plate, I had forgotten about horn butt plates and the problem with the Powder Post Beetles. If you look closely at the butt plate in the picture I posted there is some damage. It looked kind of weird to me and I assumed it was plastic and damaged from the gun going in and out of gun racks but now I know. By '63 I read Browning had gone to plastic butt plates but some say they were still using up old stock. I bought to shoot it, the price was right, I saw the choke tube install as a plus. The gun was not used very much and overall it's very nice, if I really like it and use it a lot I can put another butt plate or have a pad put on it.