I grabbed that one. The salesman I was talking to had bought it along with some other shotguns at an estate sale the weekend before. It's a 1905 DHE #133503 . Obviously has had a stock repair, but the dealer described it as still being a very solid gun with clean bores and just honest wear for a 120 year old gun. He stated the black pistol grip cap had a rear piece broke off so I'll need to try and find one of those somewhere. For the money, I thought I would take my chances on it. I'll look it over and see if I can clean it up and do something a little more pleasing to the eye on that head repair. Maybe it will clean up and at least make a good hunting companion. What gets me is the weight he had it listed at (6.9 lbs). Curious if I may luck up and it be a smaller frame size. It looks to me like it may have a bit taller rib than my 2 frame guns, but it may just be the lighting. Not great pictures.
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