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10-26-2020, 05:16 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Thanks for taking the time.
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10-26-2020, 06:02 PM | #4 | ||||||
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It should be either a Quality T if it has Twist barrels a $55 gun or a Quality P if it has Fine English Twist barrels a $65 gun. Now, of course, the question remains where does Stub Twist fall in the scheme of things? A term different than used in the catalogs.
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10-26-2020, 06:23 PM | #5 | ||||||
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While the barrel steel determines the various grades of the early guns, the grips and gage determine the quality designation.
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10-26-2020, 06:26 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Where do the "STUT TWIS" barrels fall in grade or quality determination??
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10-26-2020, 07:16 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Those barrels look pretty clean and sharp for it's age. Nice looking lifter.
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10-26-2020, 07:37 PM | #8 | ||||||
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10-26-2020, 07:56 PM | #9 | ||||||
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There was a period of time when the lowest Grade guns had plain wood, not checkered. However, by the 1882 price list, the Grade 0 guns Qualities R, S, T & U are listed as being checked.
Price List, July 1, 1882, pg 20.jpeg In the earliest catalog I have a copy of the entry-level gun is said to be "plain finished" and have "Best Gun Iron" barrels with a list price of $50. The next gun up the scale has "Decarbonized Steel Barrels" with a list price of $75. All the higher Qualities have the choice of Laminated or Damascus barrels. |
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10-27-2020, 11:36 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Thank you for the information. Very interesting. I just found out the shotgun was my wifes grandfather who acquired it from a man that owed him $7.
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