Identifying a 1/2 Frame

[edgarspencer]

Dave, Brian, Bill didn't say the Half Frame was produced in 1920, merely that there was a memo, dated '20, suggesting it.

[Jean Swanson]

I am staying out of this---I only reported what I read !!!

I have owned a few half frame 12 bores, I know where they are today and bid on one years ago at an auction , only to be out bid by Morris Baker !! That is how I met Morris, now a fiend .

Allan

[Bill Murphy]

I agree with you, Allan. Morris is "a fiend".

[B. Dudley]

And made the guns a little lighter than they are.

[Craig Larter]

OK so I think the 1/2frame is cool and very rare but why not just buy a 16ga.

[Dean Romig]

It's the mystique of the gun and the research. They seemed to command a lot more money about a decade ago.





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[Bill Murphy]

"Why not buy a 16 gauge" is a moot question. 1/2 frame guns were built for stock, generally, not to order. The buyer got what was available in the 1/2 frame era.