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Originally Posted by Mike Franzen
What a great Christmas gift. Way to go Elaine! Tell us more about the gun.
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Hey, Mike,
The gun is a mid-1920s AHE. It has two sets of barrels and forends. One set is 30" fluid steel, the other 27" Damascus. Those short barrels (cut, no doubt) are good on the covey rise...even for this mediocre shot.
Regards to Ben...and to Julia (who I hope we meet some day).
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