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Unread 12-30-2022, 11:28 AM   #1
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Personally I would not place any more significance or value on a duBray ordered gun. I do think it's cool when his name is in the mix. Now if he actually owned and used the gun personally and such provenance could be documented that would mean something to me. Out West vs East would not mean much to me. Following are a couple of letter excerpts where duBray was in the mix as a salesman, way cool but not really significant IMO, others may think differently.
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I have a nice VH 12 (30" two triggers, straight/splinter) that I bought at auction as a pheasant gun. After purchase, our good research chair provided information that the gun was DuBray ordered and sent to the West Coast.

Would I have paid more for it knowing this information? The way I am at auctions, I don't think I could have paid any more for it.
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