Oh the Humanity....

[Ed Blake]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=187726021

This gun is in the book as a 10 gauge damascus C-grade with ejectors from 1904.

[10 bore]

[Dean Romig]

How sad...

[Ed Blake]

Originally Posted by Mark Vollinger

Hey guys,

The hook, "Oh the humanity" was the commentary made by a radio announcer at the crash of the Hindenburg in Lakehurst NJ back in 1937.
Are we on the same scale here? Just a reality check.

With a C-grade 10 with ejectors? You betcha.

[Roundsworth]

In the family for 106 years? Uff Da! If the bores were rough, they coulda been honed (maybe?) Hmmmm....

[Bill Murphy]

Such things were done in the sixties on a daily basis. Six pound barrels. Must have been quite a gun. Anyone volunteer to spring for a letter?

[Bruce Day]

Mark, would you feel better if he had said " Oh the Hannity?"

It would remind you to watch Fox news more.....

PS Mark suggests that I trade my liberal icon SAAB convertible in on a Rush Limbaugh Limited Edition Cadillac Esplanade. I'll have to see what Sean Hannity drives. If not the Esplanade, maybe I'll look at the big Hummer, in camo.

[Bill Murphy]

Maybe Bruce could rave about his Saab and get some kind of favor. GM was always kind to me for raving about my vehicles.

[Austin W Hogan]

Bill; the photo is no longer up, but that 6 did not appear to be in the proper spot to be unstruck weight. I just checked a Dam 3 "light ten" on a two frame (DH). It has a 5 in that spot; finished weight is 4 4 to make an 8 1/2 pound gun. Perhaps single digit unstruck weights were stamped a little further left.
That 6 pound unstruck weight would have produced a 9 1/2 pound gun.

Best, Austin

[Blind Dog]

My Trojan 16 weighs 6 pounds; the raw barrel weight is marked 3/8. Either it was mismarked or there was a whole lot of filing done.