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I did not know you hunted elephant, why else have such a shootin iron. Good phesant hunting this fall. PTG Roger |
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08-28-2009, 06:15 PM
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The lines Dean mentions are merely polished areas of the flats after browning- neither ridges nor shadows. The gun seems pretty nice though (thankfully) not nearly so shiney as the photos portend. The bores are .730/.732 and the chokes are .036/.042. The D3 barrels have .160/.164 barrel wall thicknesses over the end of the 2 3/4" measured chambers. 32" long on the nose. The gun weighs 8lb 9oz. Nice cosmetic restoration except for incorrect finishes on the triggers and safety button (both niter blued-should be bright nickel plated and case colored respectively)
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08-29-2009, 06:43 PM
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Don May I ask if you passed on this gun ? I thought they took it off their sight and I see it listed again. Thanks Steve
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08-29-2009, 08:19 PM
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The gun is sitting in my gunroom at the moment. I am still in my "inspection period"...but the gun is still on the Cabela's website...
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08-29-2009, 09:29 PM
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Thanks Don
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Sounds like a great shooter Don.
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08-31-2009, 08:38 AM
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Actually, Dean, after consultation with Mr. B, I shipped it back to Texas this morning. The tangs were just too low for one of my re-stocks and I didn't feel like having them bent up. The fore end was a bit loose to but this was a minor issue. Another "resource allocation" decision"... It's a nicely restored gun if you can live with the drop and repaired wrist. It does have a damned fine set of barrels. BTW, Mr. B opines the case colors look like those from the old Heinzelman firm of Carlstadt, NJ. (lots of "original" Foxes went through there)
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Pete, it's Farwell, Ozum, Kirk, and, yes, they are a well known source of Parkers and other guns of the period.
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