A Few Doubles

[Bruce Day]

Sometimes people want to see guns, so in the interest of keeping interest alive, here goes.

The first is an 1883 Quality C top action hammer gun with Bernard barrels. 12 ga. This was a Parker Bros New York Salesroom gun and made several trips back to Meridan, one to have rib matting added when that was developed in 1885.

Shown with a reproduction of an original Parker provided leather shell top case.

[Bruce Day]

The second is a 1910 Parker DHE 20 ga , 0 frame, original 24 " Titanic barrels and checkered butt. This was a Christmas present to a man's fiancée in North Carolina.

It is open choked and I use it for ruffed grouse and quail .

[Bruce Day]

The third is a pair of Syracuse Lefever Arms Company guns. Both are E Grade, the top a light 12 ( 7lbs 2oz) on the smaller 12 frame and with 30" chain Damascus barrels. .028 choke boring which starts almost 8 inches back. An extractor gun with all compensation features. This is a 1900 gun that came with its original leg of mutton case. It was in the same family until a few years ago, when it passed to a dealer then to me.

The other is a 16 ga E with ejectors, 28" Krupp barrels, .033 choke boring both barrels. Fully compensated. 6 lbs, 8 oz on the small frame. This is a 1905 gun , history not known.

Both have an interesting issue, they are each overbored by .010. Yet the chokes seem original, they are 60-70 percent guns, and have no indicators of excessive use that would require honing the bores. I think the bores are original diameter and Dr Bob Decker says overboring ( backboring) is common in factory original Lefevers. These old masters knew a lot about the science of gun making. I even read the other day about a company making screw in choke tubes in 1870.

[nid-28]

Thank you for sharing. Always a pleasure to look at fine guns!

[Daniel G Rainey]

nice guns. The wood in the DH 20 with the 1/2 grip or round nob is out of site. thanks for shareing.

[StubTwist]

The Lefever on the top is really nice. You don't see too many Lefever E grades with round knob POW grip.

[Mark Garrett]

Bruce , thanks again for sharing photos of great guns . I am partial to Lefevers , and chain damascus , do you have any close ups of the engraving on those guns ?

[JLoew]

Here's a CHE 16ga 30" Acme gun that found me...

[Craig Larter]

Josh a few more pictures please. What scent do you use so a great gun follows you home?

[Big D]

I think its called "eau de Benjamines"