D3 1886 Lifter 2 Barrel Set:
Throwing all caution to the wind I pounded the “Buy it Now” button early this morning. 24 others viewed the new listing before me. Item was listed as a 12 gauge, being a #4 frame and the Serialization Book says 32” 10 gauge, extra code #1, added barrels, I’m confident it’s a ten. Perhaps one set is a 12 and the other is a 10, could be. I PM’d the seller about the bores, since their shop is located in California and they didn’t open until 10am I wasn’t going to wait it out. One set of barrels is definitely Oxford, unstruck weight of 6lbs 14oz, the second set is something else, though both are 32”. The photos aren’t clear enough to identify the pattern. It comes complete with the original leather tri-compartment two barrel case. Serial number 47282, 1886 is getting pretty late for Lifter production. It does however have a “dogs head” butt plate, but that wasn’t going to deter my unbridled ambition. It looked righteous enough for me. Having an instinctive nature I pulled the trigger.
As a huge plus, I just got off the phone with them. He said the bores are beautiful!
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell and the profit and loss.
A current under sea picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell he passed the stages of his age and youth entering the whirlpool.
T.S. Eliot
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