Dave ,Thank you much ,I ordered one of the catalogues, I see you are known as the Researcher ,I will ask you another question ,When I first received my letter , I researched the original owner and came up with little ,his name was H. H. Valentine and he was located in Albany New York ,seems the only info. I could find was there was a prominent , young businessman that belonged to the Albany Yaught and Tennis Club and often traveled to Europe , My thoughts are if this is the same H.H. Valentine ,possibly the reason for the 25 " Barrels were,they were popular in Europe at the turn of the century and also possibly the reasoning for the English drop points ???? Again ,only speculation on my part ? What do you think ,any opinions ,also the gun has a very seasoned leather covered pad ? also European ?
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