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Originally Posted by Thomas Garver
Tom, if this was the Barfield auction were you after the Sterlingworth 20. That was a sweet, sweet gun, I looked at your purchase but there were too many to buy. I bought the LC Smith Trap grade Long range
Regards, Tom
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I remember that gun. Didn't you also buy a Remington model 3200 o/u?
I Was really after the AE 16 with the straight stock. However, the stock was repaired poorly and the case colors had been redone and the second set of barrels wasn't original to the gun. One wouldn't know that if one didn't actually attend the auction. My back up plan was the Fox BE 12 gauge also with 32" barrels in mint condition. That one however sold for more the $7,000. I was actually speaking with the fellow who bought the BE about that gun when this one came up. I literally looked over his shoulder as he was speaking to me and threw up my card one time and was the winning bidder on this gun. I think most folks were still thinking about the BE and no really noticed this gun has 32" barrels. If it had been any other barrel length I would have passed. However, I really wanted a 32" to shoot some clays (and perhaps a few gobblers) with.
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