It's an aluminum .410 Dean. I think they were military?? The Army Air Corp. used to issue the plastic stocked Stevens .22/.410 O/U as an airplane survival gun. A WWII test pilot friend up here had two from his days as a cold wx test pilot in Fairbanks. The dealer in Anchorage has full boxes of this ammo, the boxes being plain brown coardboard. I have a couple of loaded examples from him. This one had #6 shot in it. Someone must know what they were made for. Shall I send you this one for your collection? I had assumed most folks had seen these before.
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