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Originally Posted by Arthur Shaffer
I noticed it because it is exactly like a gun Dean Romig owns with the exception of having Damascus barrels whereas Dean's gun has Parker laminated barrels. I have discussed Dean's gun with him since I purchased a 10 gauge just like it, except that the 10ga is listed as a Damascus gun but was built with Parker laminate barrels. All three have serial numbers within 240 first to last.
Interestingly enough, there were 8 16's like this built, 4 of the Damascus and 4 of the laminate.
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Looking at the link you provided Art, I also see that gun and mine ( 18719 ) were engraved by two different engravers.
Further, I don't see where the frame size is mentioned. I would also like to see the "checkered hard rubber butt plate." Mine has one but that was because the gun was returned to Meriden to replace the skeleton steel butt plate with a "rubber butt."
Actually Art, there should be 5 listed 16's with Laminated Steel barrels as mine with original 27" barrels is not listed in the tables on page 290. However, oddly in the factory records mine is listed as having been made with Damascus barrels which is obviously a factory error. There is no record of it having been sent back for barrel replacement.
Further, the first Grade 3 Lifter with Laminated barrels, a sixteen gauge No. 1444 is much too early to have had Parker made Laminated steel barrels and this fact should shed some doubt on whether the other four had Parker made Laminated barrels. Of course any gun manufactured before 1877 should be disqualified from the possibility and even on those made after the 1877 date are suspect, unless inspection proves them to have Parker made Laminated Steel barrels.
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