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Unread 12-01-2023, 07:27 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Stan Hoover View Post
Murphy/Harold,

the water table is marked with a 1 over 12, Walt described it as Grade 7 engraving in his article with grade 4 checkering on the stock. This gun was obviously a custom order.
I looked over his Crass article that Wayne referenced, the article was not specifically about this gun, but he did include 3 pictures of this gun.

I did notice that in the article, the gold setter on the trigger guard is (upside down) or not situated as it is now. I'm scratching my head, it is definitely the same gun, but why the difference on the dog???

Stan

Apparently somebody wasn’t fond of the original orientation of the gold setter…





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