C-grade Bernard

Richard Flanders · 05-05-2011, 10:33 AM

Gunbroker Auction # 228422428

So... how come no one has snatched this up??? Hard to believe the bbls are 'original' as stated and the stock looks to not be original. Someone must know this gun. A few days ago I asked for a closeup pic of the muzzles but got no answer. Muzzles look like it was used to pole a duck boat around a gravel pit...

Brush Buster · 05-05-2011, 10:45 AM

I was wondering the same Richard ,I was taking a look myself ,but I have a real preference to Bird Dogs or Birds on the bottom of the receiver ! I have a nice original Skeleton Butt that would give her a nice finish with a little work , If she just had those Dogs on her

! Russ

Richard Flanders · 05-05-2011, 11:10 AM

Has anyone looked it up?? S/N76306

Brush Buster · 05-05-2011, 11:19 AM

B4, H ,0 ,C, 31 " , Thirty One inch barrels ,thats pretty unique ! The Gentleman has described the gun with 27 " Barrels and as being original ,maybe he has lettered the gun with the PGCA and possibly the serialization book is incorrect !

Bill Murphy · 05-05-2011, 11:21 AM

It needs a PGCA letter. The SB shows 31" barrels.

Richard Flanders · 05-05-2011, 11:28 AM

31", eh? Oh well... Maybe I'll buy it and leave it charged with 000 buck in the outhouse for 'cicle' control; the chokes are likely right for that as it's definitely a "close quarter" situation when the need for action arises..... or lag it to a stand and weld some rebar hooks to the muzzles for a coat rack...

Dean Romig · 05-05-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

It needs a PGCA letter. The SB shows 31" barrels.

I agree. The SB book shows my 24" 28 ga. with 28" barrels but the OB (order book) confirms them as 24".

Dean Romig · 05-05-2011, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

Gunbroker Auction # 228422428

So... how come no one has snatched this up??? Hard to believe the bbls are 'original' as stated and the stock looks to not be original. Someone must know this gun. A few days ago I asked for a closeup pic of the muzzles but got no answer. Muzzles look like it was used to pole a duck boat around a gravel pit...

The stock looks (to me at least) original but unfinished - lacking any butt treatment at all and missing any evidence it had the silver oval. I wouldn't rule out the possibility of it's originality though.

Generally, if a customer didn't want any kind of buttplate or pad the notation in the book would be "no butt" or words to that effect and the stocker or checkering contractor would simply checker the butt all over.

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Richard Flanders · 05-05-2011, 12:28 PM

Dean: do you see enough difference between the butt and the forend to indicate they don't match? Seems the butt is lighter. Could be that the butt is long enough to be bobbed off and a skeleton installed. And how common are checkered cheeks on C grades? Was that a special request item? They look well done.

Dean Romig · 05-05-2011, 01:30 PM

The 'book' indicates 31" barrels and also indicates a "C" for capped pistol grip when in fact it has a "P" uncapped semi-pistol grip. It looks to me as though it may have gone back to Parker Bros. for modifications. The wood to metal fit is just too perfect and the checkering just too "right" to be anything else, in MHO