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Originally Posted by Drew Hause
1893 Chas. Godfrey catalog
$125 would be about $4,600 today |
Thanks Mr. Drew.
Oddly, this gun has a straight grip, while the ad does not state that option. The guy that currently has the gun says that the grip is original, and numbered to the gun.
I had my doubts about the buttstock as it is very plain wood with a light finish. Someone had cobbled together a beavertail forend with checkering that did not match the checkering on the buttstock.
Years ago, Frank Finch said that the gun may be the first, or the first of that model, with a straight grip. The serial number is three digits.