Don't know where DH #64,248 is. However, I have a letter on it. It is also in pigeon configuration, with no extension rib and no safety, if I remember correctly. It was made as a ten and later had twelve gauge barrels installed. It was apparently made for the person mentioned on the order for the Gold Hearts gun. The stock dimensions for the Gold Hearts gun were radically different, obviously made for a different person, although the same person placed the order. The modification of the stock mentioned in the letter was never done, the present stock dimensions being identical to the dimensions mentioned in the order, 1 1/8 drop at comb, and 2 1/8 drop at heel. #64,248 does not have the gold ornamentation, at least not mentioned in the order. I would be very interested in seeing this gun, a DH ten, twelve, or both.
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