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Good snag Jack. I wonder too. Later toplever hammer guns seem to all have the fishtail (that I have seen anyway) |
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12-27-2019, 11:14 AM | #24 | ||||||
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Mills..I have 66,156...12 ga..Should have paid more attention To Mill's ??..Mine is hammer,,,j..
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12-27-2019, 02:07 PM | #25 | ||||||
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i do not have a hammerless gun with a fishtail but have several guns wwith hammers that have the fishtail....all thee of my parker 8 ga hammer guns have the fishtail....several of my 10 gas have the fish tail....the 8 ga serial no s range from 24000 to 60.000i like the fish tail lever on hammer guns but like the straight lever on the hammerless guns...charlie
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12-27-2019, 04:16 PM | #26 | ||||||
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1892 DH 12 ga. #70662 has a fishtail
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12-27-2019, 10:56 PM | #27 | |||||||
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when the hammerless first came onto the scene - they were still making and selling hammer guns as well, so the FT still fit a need as the newfangled hammerless guns took off and hammer gun sales began to decline- the need to use up the FT lever inventory became apparent - so they started putting them on some of the new design. that would explain why early hammerless do not have them but after a while for a short range of numbers - they show up regularly BTW - its within your known range - my latest made FT is PH # 70168
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12-28-2019, 06:19 AM | #28 | ||||||
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I've got a fishtail GH 12 ga. 69,841 ordered in 1892. Damascus 28" barrels. Love the gun.
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Rick, I think that is correct basically . I have not seen any straight toplevers within this range and they appeared on all guns seen in this range regardless of grade. I wonder if part of their reason for being was aesthetic
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