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Originally Posted by keavin nelson
I have a William Read & Sons 16ga, that was built for them in Belgium per the PM. Very nice gun with Krupp barrels. I shoot only 2 12" shells in it, as the chambers are short a bit.
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Originally Posted by Allen Peterson
Just as an aside William Reed was related to my Mother. His grandson was a dentist in Lynn Ma. just north of Boston and was retired when I was a lad but he did a little work from his home office and put braces on me in the early 60s.
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Thank you for the reply. There may be others on here that have/will have Read guns that may want to contact you for information on the family. I am sure Mr. Nelson's gun is a fine shotgun. I enjoy the history of old guns.
Thanks again.
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