Curiouse ?

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

You got that right, Charlie. Years ago, the Shenendoah Gun Shop in Berryville, VA had a 40" GH 16 gauge. I think it was part of the General Billy Mitchell collection which they were selling at the time.

Some 25 or more years ago Clark Brothers gunshop in Warrenton, VA had a 40-inch barreled 12 ga. Parker (forget the grade but it was at least a D, maybe a C). The gun was purported to have been made for Walter Chrysler. The stock had a most curious, perfectly round, circular depression in one side just about the size and shape of a shooting marble. It came to be referred to as the "melon ball" gun, since it looked like someone had scooped out the sphere of wood similar to the way one would a melon. The gun eventually sold after languishing for weeks in the shop; I have no idea who purchased it or where it wound up.