1904 CHE shooter I am considering

[Fishtail]

It really boils down to price. If it's a truly good deal...I'd buy it and let it lounge in my safe if nothing else. I'd also probably lose that pad if I were going to be seen in public with it.

[B. Dudley]

I love seeing checkering jobs done by thise who have no idea what they are doing. By love, i mean it is sad.

[Fishtail]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

I love seeing checkering jobs done by thise who have no idea what they are doing. By love, i mean it is sad.

That's why I asked if the forend was a replacement. Plus the color is different.

[B. Dudley]

Yes, forend wood is non-original replacement.

The engraving on this gun is pretty typical of most C grade guns. Generally speaking.

Every C has a little bit of variation from gun to gun, but this one has the normal amount of scroll work and border treatment that is normally seen on the grade.

The two major features that start showing up in C grade guns is the use of heavy border designs and the use of organicly shaped wrap-around checkering on the wrist.

[King Cobb]

I have decided to pass on this gun. Mostly because when I took it out with me on a site visit to the pecan orchards on the north end of the county, there just wasn't any connection made between me and it. It would make a good shooter, but my budget constraints make me a little more picky on guns I get. It is on its way back home as we speak.

[Keavin Nelson]

What shows on the watertable, above/below the serial number - that will tell you grade.

[King Cobb]

The grade has never been in doubt. It's serials as a C, it has 5 birds on floor plate like a c, it had titanic barrels, it has wrap around checkering on the stock, it has a 4 and a C on the water table. That has never been in doubt.

[John Taddeo]

I gotta ask..... what is that on the front face of the lug in the close picture of the barrel flat ???

[King Cobb]

Really thick grease of some kind.

[David Noble]

In the picture of the barrel flats there is a "K" stamped close to where the barrel steel type is usually located. Does anyone know what that stands for? Krieghof?