the silent auction 8 ga

[Mills]

Here are two links to the first appearances of this gun on the internet.

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/i.../t-590742.html

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4240

[Dean Romig]

The only history I can offer is pure speculation, but here goes ----

On both sides of the stock atr circular depressions pressed into the wood in nearly the same spots. They are about 1/2" diameter in size and there are an equal number of them per side. I believe the gun was clamped into some kind of mount and possibly used as a punt gun. Again - this is just speculation... for what it's worth.

[charlie cleveland]

i will leave the soilder as it is only thing ive done is weld the britch block back in place on gun...still got to make some shims to put on main roll pin ansome on the fore arm..only thing i removed is the homemade barrel band...but i am keeping this with gun...have tested the gun with 50 grains of triple 7 but will up it to 60 and then 70...will do this in the viedo of the old gun being test fired again...its been to cold today to work on the old gun all ive wanted to do today is talk and look at the old gun today... charlie

[Ed Blake]

How in the world does something become that beat up? It's like someone was trying to wreck it.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

How in the world does something become that beat up? It's like someone was trying to wreck it.

Marry my ex wife, you'll find out.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Marry my ex wife, you'll find out.

so - you're saying I am better off not knowing what happened to the missing stuff from those dark days.

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, don't mess with that solder. It is the best thing the previous owner could have done for it.

[Dean Romig]

It was donated to the PGCA for the silent auction. It arrived at my house in July of 2012 from the west coast. The shipping cost was something like $57 not to mention the expense that went into the box and packing required for a 12 lb. gun. The person who donated it bought it hoping to be able to resurrect it but when he considered all that would be required to do so he chose to move it along. I think we saw pictures of it here on the forum about three years ago.

[charlie cleveland]

well we know now that the old gun was sold in california and came from the west in 2012...lots of gaps to fill in on the old gun....mike has the gunbroker auction of this gun he thinks and mills has the vidio in its old state of repair... so when we get the proof testing on vidio and a little more info put together this should make for a pretty good storey..but all of our old guns have good or bad storeys behind them... charlie

[Mills]

One of the old links said that it had been sitting in a barn in New York state for some number of years. It is interesting how these guns move around. The best part of getting a research letter is finding out where it began its shooting career and imagining what hunts it must have been on in the early years.