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Do you still have that gun, mobirdhunter? Can you post pictures of it?
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06-07-2021, 07:17 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Jeffrey, Here's the only picture I have handy. As I recall, it's a model II. Dennis Potter was doing the engraving for Ted at the time (again, if my memory serves me). Their graded models had French Grey finishes, but the base model was color hardened (and looked very nice). The hard maple stocks generally had great figure and a deep, rich coloring (just like his Hatfield Squirrel Rifles). I still have the catalog somewhere. I hope this helps.
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06-07-2021, 08:22 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Jeffrey, I forgot to mention that although the guns were assembled and fitted out in St. Joseph, the barrels and receivers were manufactured abroad (Italy, as I recall). Good Ole American hard maple, though(!)
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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06-07-2021, 08:51 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Wasn't one of their guns presented to President G H W Bush?
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06-07-2021, 09:00 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Yes, and Ted showed me the gun that had just been completed. It had a gold inlaid presidential seal on the trigger plate. I think the honorable President could not keep it due to some law regarding gifts. It was a nicely appointed gun.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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06-07-2021, 12:27 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I bought one new. A 20/28 ga. two barrel (gauge) set. Both BBL sets were choked IC/Mod. It was a good little quail gun. Sold it in a moment of weakness
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06-07-2021, 05:18 PM | #9 | ||||||
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https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101623847
This is the one I was considering. I believe the screw in chokes might not be original. I always worry about the possibility of point of aim changes and sloppy workmanship with aftermarket screw in chokes. Does anyone remember if Hatfield offered screw in chokes? |
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06-07-2021, 05:21 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I knew about the Italian barrels, I had the impression the frames and the rest were made by Hatfield. There is an interview from 1987 I found and read online.
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