Info on a SXS
Hello,
Did an impulse buy on a gun and think by doing searches here it might be a hoax. No biggy as all education has tuition. Now I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck but I really don’t follow these old shotguns much and wasn’t aware of the pitfalls. I am however skeptical by nature and looked at it pretty hard. Either way it makes good western decor. It’s got a bunch of Wells Fargo markings and I have to admit, if someone was faking it they went to a lot of trouble. Then again, if it was Wells Fargo they went to a lot of trouble marking it as theirs.
Here goes on the description. It’s a Parker Brothers sXs with a 21” Laminated barrel. That’s one heavy set of barrels. The Frame size is a 3 so that nails it down as a 10 Gauge. Serial# is 76280 and it matches the fore stock. That makes the manufacture in 1892. There are two badges on it. A larger one on the right side of the stock that has Wells Fargo EXPRESS and 1894 on it. There is also a small one on the top of the stock just aft of the top lever. That one shows a lot of wear. There are several other markings in the wood that is all subject to debate if it’s authentic or not but there is enough to say someone had to have a lot of different stamps to do it. There are also two tiny little stamps on the water table that has WF&CO. Once again, all I can say is if someone faked it they went to a lot of trouble. Then again, if Wells Fargo marked it they went to a lot of trouble.
If anyone can fill in any blanks for this gun I’d appreciate it. Short of a letter that indicates it was sold to WF all we can do is speculate on their markings. Not sure I want to drop a bill to find out it wasn’t. Might just put it on the wall and talk about what could be.
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