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12-17-2021, 09:55 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Welcome, Yancy. I am not near my serialization book, but will check the serial number for you later. I can say that an AHE in 1891 was the highest grade available. A grade 2, obviously four grades below that -- a big difference in potential value. Pictures will get you some great expertise, so we'll be looking for them.
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12-17-2021, 09:57 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Yancey, that is a GH grade. We would need many more high quality pictures to begin speculation about the value.
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12-17-2021, 10:00 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Hello
Will be at their house tomorrow can get some more pictures to upload, any specific angles or shots that would assist in checking? Thank you both for a quick response for the info posted. |
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12-17-2021, 10:01 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Focus on where the wood meets the metal, the position of the top lever, and few good shots of the receiver to judge case colors, and the barrels to get us started. Which by the way, are the bores good?
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12-17-2021, 10:04 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Yes sir, both bores looked clean, no pitting or rust
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12-17-2021, 10:39 PM | #8 | ||||||
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According to the serialization book, 64612 is a Damascus barreled grade 2 with a capped pistol grip and 30 inch barrels. There were no extra options noted.
Make sure that all the serial numbers match, and that the barrels are indeed 30 inches. You will at least have of some sense of the gun's originality. Condition will then be the determining factor.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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12-18-2021, 02:15 PM | #9 | ||||||
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More pictures
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12-18-2021, 02:17 PM | #10 | ||||||
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if any other pictures are needed please let me know
Barrel length is 30" |
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