20 ga

[Bill Murphy]

Brian, in reading the PGCA letter, I take the comment about "light as can" to refer to the 16 gauge bird barrels. The unstruck weight of the barrels is 4-15. A swamped set of 28" 16 gauge barrels could be made well over a pound lighter than the 20 gauge barrels, making a seven pound or less gun. Jay, the gun sold for $4725 plus shipping.

[Bill Murphy]

I am surprised that no chamber length was requested. My old (long gone) #2 frame 32" 20, #153,333, also ordered in April 1910 by Orren R. Dickey, was ordered with 2 7/8" chambers for 3" shells. Another big 20 was ordered about the same time by Iver Johnson in the identical configuration, also with long chambers. Does anyone know where my old gun, #2 frame 20, 32" barrels, ball grip, original dogs head butt, #153,333, is? I would make a generous offer to get it back.