What are the odds? Poor #169257...

[Don Kaas]

Their is a gun for sale on GB that immediately intrigued me, a 36" 10 gauge #3frame D3 DH that would make a dandy bookend to my 36" 8 gauge D3 DH...BUTthe muzzle photos looked a bit suspect...check THE BOOK, it seems that this gun started life as the only listed 38" 10 gauge D3 DH...now that was a gun..I guess Ill just hold on to my 36" D2 GH, no upgrade today...gun collecting like baseball is a "game of inches"

[Richard Flanders]

Too bad Don! What an acquisition THAT would have been! I feel your pain...

Found it. That's the S/N. Here's the GB auction # if anyone wants to look at it.

207928209

[charlie cleveland]

still a good find even wih the short 36 inch barrels...i wouldown this gun if my pocket book was bigger..... charlie

[J.B. Books]

What are the chances the Serialization book is wrong about the original barrel length? I to thought the muzzles were suspect but I find it hard to be 100% certain when judging from pictures rather than a gun in the hand. If they have been cut it is a crying shame.

[Autumn Daze]

Ya, If the book is right it's a real shame. But if the price is right it would be one hell-of-a gun. Those muzzles are suspect but we have seen guns leave the factory clipped to fill an order.Trouble is I just don't know....

[Bill Murphy]

You just have to have the gun in hand. However, a factory letter may prove that the order book specifies a 36" gun and maybe the stock book was misread when the serialization book was put together. More pictures, more use of the micrometer, PGCA letter.

[Mark Conrad]

Don, what's the serial #.

[Autumn Daze]

Mark, It's at the top of the thread 169257

[Mark Conrad]

Originally Posted by Mark Conrad

Don, what's the serial #.

The order book has 10/38. The stock book is missing. I have seen cases were the length of barrels does not match the order and the shipping time is a few days after the order. This would indicate to me that they filled the order with a gun in stock. This gun took 6 months to ship so I supect it was 38 inches when it left PB.

Freebee for the holidays.

MC

[Bill Murphy]

Thanks for getting into this, Mark. The fellow doesn't seem to want to deal in PGCA letters. I asked for a scan of the letter on the 14 gauge and that I was very interested. He replied "There is no letter.".