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Unread 02-26-2023, 09:16 PM   #11
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Wow, 37” barrels. I see it is listed in the Parker book as 37” barrels.
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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
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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!
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just checked those 3 1/4 inch Winchester leader new primed empyties....it went for 341 dollars......100 empty hulls....charlie
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Wow, 37” barrels. I see it is listed in the Parker book as 37” barrels.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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

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