I'm going to call in Mark Conrad to recall a .410 skeet that we examined in Pittsburgh a couple of decades ago. It was shopped around by several dealers before it disappeared. It was a 00 frame gun of some serious weight. It was reputed to have been shot by Texan K.C. Miller, the first person to run 100 straight with a .410 in first generation NSSA competition. That gun was very similar to the one just sold, except that the Miller gun was a pistol grip with a solid red pad, probably a No Shoc. Like the gun just sold, that gun had a large beavertail forend with Winchester style checkering. Like the gun just sold, the Miller gun's forend extended well up onto the barrels, past the center line. Unfortunately, we will probably never know the connection between the two unusual guns. I question the advertised weight of the .410 just sold, 5 3/4 pounds. The 00 frame, and the immense beavertail makes me suspect the gun probably weighs a pound more than advertised.
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