First pheasants with The Big Gun

[Matt Buckley]

Wow, 37” barrels. I see it is listed in the Parker book as 37” barrels.

[charlie cleveland]

I could have bid on a box of 3 1/4 inch shells this past week...I now wish I had this is the first gun I ve heard of with 3 1/4 inch chambers.....and with those long barrels she s got to be a sweet heart of a gun....charlie

[Randy Roberts]

Stan earlier you mentioned 37 1/2" barrels on this gun. My memory is probably leaving me but did this gun not have 37 3/8" barrels AND letter as such? Not that an eighth of an inch is a big deal but it is quite unique that it would letter as such. Sounds like you had a nice maiden voyage BTW, way to go!

[charlie cleveland]

just checked those 3 1/4 inch Winchester leader new primed empyties....it went for 341 dollars......100 empty hulls....charlie

[Stan Hoover]

Originally Posted by Matt Buckley

Wow, 37” barrels. I see it is listed in the Parker book as 37” barrels.

Matt,
It is listed in the book as 37”. It was advertised as lettering with 37 1/2” barrels, I do not have the letter yet but there was a copy of the letter with the sale add showing as such.
Randy,
This gun was was mentioned as having 37 3/8” barrels earlier. They measure just a smidge over, so it is felt the barrels are original length even though they are slightly shy of 37 1/2”.
So pardon me for embellishing on the barrel length, I thought since it letters as 37 1/2”, that is what I would call it.
Charlie,
I didn’t take much time looking through that sale, had I seen those 3 1”4 shells, I would probably be just a little more poor now

[Stan Hoover]

Randy,

Maybe the fellow cutting the barrels to length was having a bit of Knob Creek since it was Friday, and he cut on the wrong side of the line

Hope you had a great day on the sporting clays course

Stan

[Matt Buckley]

A very unique and rare barrel length. According to the Parker Story it is the only one built in that configuration.

[mobirdhunter]

I watched that one "from afar" and wondered who among our long barrel aficionados would end up with it. So glad to see these big guns used to good end.

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Matt,

Randy,
This gun was was mentioned as having 37 3/8” barrels earlier. They measure just a smidge over, so it is felt the barrels are original length even though they are slightly shy of 37 1/2”.
So pardon me for embellishing on the barrel length, I thought since it letters as 37 1/2”, that is what I would call it.

Stan I guess that is where my memory left me as I thought the letter actually stated 37 3/8" vs 37 1/2". Not questioning the originality in any way, I was just thinking it was neat for the letter to be that specific. Of course one could argue that either the 3/8" or 1/2" is rather specific.

[Keith Sirmans]

Wow that is cool!