I thought I had it yesterday afternoon when my local gun dealer called and told me he had a 20 gauge DHE in that I might like. As I was flying out the door, my wife told me if I liked it, buy it. Now, there is a good woman. When I got to the store--only 7 miles away--I did get to see a 20 gauge DHE. If the gun had been in original condition, I would have bought it in a minute. It did however, have a few problems and it was so sad as originally the gun was a real collectable. It was a damascus 20 on a 1 frame that had been completely refinished, probably by Lefever back in the 60s or 70s. Worse yet, the barrels were cut to 27 1/4" and had been blued after being BOTH monoblocked and sleeved. Why would anyone do both? Makes no sense. The reason I think Lefever did the work was because it was excellent. No buggered screws, no excess polishing of the receiver prior to recasing. The case colors were not Parker, but fairly close. To add further insult, the gun was made in the early 20s with a serial in the 190,000 range. It still would be a fairly nice hunting gun if somebody was willing to use such a creature. Too bad.
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03-18-2010, 07:20 PM
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