Grade 7 Pigeon Gun

[Chris T.]

Larry, who did the restoration work on your gun?

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Chris,
Abe Chaber did the work on this gun. I use others from time to time but with Abe being in state I can drop guns off and eliminate the costs and risks of shipping.

[Chris T.]

Did he have Geoff Gournet address the engraving?

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Chris,
The engraving was not touched. I showed this gun because the engraving style was so similar to the gun in the original post.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Chris Travinski

Larry, who did the restoration work on your gun?

The two photos are not of the same gun. It is easy to think theybare at first glance.

[Bill Murphy]

Mike Franzen, "how grandpa came to own the gun" is an interesting subject. When I was in college, I shot skeet at a local Izaak Walton League, along with a couple of guys who were also in the University. One was a gun bug, the other not so much. A couple of years went by and we lost contact. One night, "not so much" called and told me to come to his home near Annapolis to look at a gun for him. It was a rainy Sunday morning when I arrived at his home on the Severn. On the dining room table, he had laid out a worn and abused prewar Pigeon Grade Superposed and a gorgeous AHE Grade Parker trap gun. He asked if I were interested in the Browning and I told him I was not. He then said that I would be buying the Parker, because he had some expenses he had to take care of. I told him I couldn't afford the Parker and he replied that I could afford it. He said that I would write him a check for $2200.00. So that is one way "Grandpa" can end up with a hot Parker. I protested that the gun was worth several times what he was asking. He rose above my protests and forced me to take the gun.

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I protested that the gun was worth several times what he was asking. He rose above my protests and forced me to take the gun.

And then the alarm clock sounded and you woke up. And that my friends is "the rest of the story".

[Bill Murphy]

No way, Larry. This is not a normal fable from the forum. I am not that talented a writer. I displayed the AHE Trap at the West VA hoedown run by John Allgood and others. It was enjoyed by those who picked it up. Unfortunately, it was not the hit of the show because a B Grade hammer gun and a flock of Becker Foxes were also displayed.