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[Dean Romig]

Have we seen the barrel flats on that one Art?





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[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Have we seen the barrel flats on that one Art?





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I posted them a few months ago when I bought the gun on Gunbroker. We actually corresponded about it later. It is a Grade 3 Lifter from 1880. I bought it because it is one of those guns listed in the serialization book as a Damascus gun but actually had Parker laminate barrels. I noticed this in the ad pictures so I bid. I don't remember but I may have been the only bidder. It is a 3 frame. The barrels are true 9 gauge barrels and the chambers 2-5/8. The buttstock was gone and replaced by a piece of junk from a low grade gun. It was delivered very close to when your 16 gauge lifter was delivered, and the engraving looks very, very similar to me. I will post more pictures when I get the barrels back. I got the gun at a price that a lot of people might thinkof as too much given the condition, but it was a relatively well graded gun, had rare barrels and the action and engraving is very presentable. At less than $900, I felt good about it's potential and I have a soft spot for preserving old guns.

[ArtS]

Here is a picture of the flats.