From a quick review of The Book this morning, it would appear that this gun was the 5th Titanic Grade 4 made being the 3rd of a batch of 3 as mentioned above. I looks to be within the first dozen or so Titanic guns produced the first indeed being a DH.
My plans for the gun? Barrel blue, bend the stock up, fix a few screws and figure out what to do about the butt...and then have a beater for the blind...I have a 34" Acme barreled CHE being re-stocked that will be finished in a couple of weeks that looks like this seasons #1 duck picker (Destry got a 34" DHE therefore I had to get a 34" CHE which means Russ will come up with a 34" BHE...this is how it goes around here...)
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