Charlie, it's a DH #6 frame 30" Damascus gun with skeleton butt, just over ten pounds. It was made for the famous T.H. Keller, the Peters Cartridge Company executive. Keller was a more than flambouyant waterfowler who was known for controlling and owning a giant launch that hosted magnificent waterfowl gunning parties, using hundreds of decoys. He was a respected competition shooter, but that was not related to his ownership of the big gun. The gun apparently passed through other hands in its lifetime, being used heavily, but remains the most "shootable" eight in my collection, because of its light weight. It appears to be the only 30" hammerless eight in the Parker Brothers records. Thanks so much for asking about her.
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