DH-12 3 frame flat rib....nice gun!

[Researcher]

Another great example of what the Brothers P. would do to meet a customers requests. Wow!! 28-inch 12-gauge barrels on a 3-frame and a flat rib!! Kind of interesting that the request was to target the gun with a load of 48 grains of Schultze and 1 1/4 ounces of #7 shot. Schultze was a bulk powder and one would normally expect the load to be given in drams. I have a Chas. J. Godfrey catalogue that contains a conversion chart and 48-grains of Schultze is the equivalent of 3 1/2 drams. I have seen other places where loads of bulk powder were given in grains in some of the tables of what loads various shooters used in the early Grand American Handicaps at live birds. I guess the boys were kind of feeling their way in those first few decades of smokleless powder shot shells.

That stock looks awefully nice for a 111 year old gun. I wonder if it was back to Meriden at some point in its life for new wood? Is that a grip cap one would expect on a 1901 vintage stock?