Early A Grade 12ga

mike campbell · Post by **mike campbell** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:01 pm

Born before 1908, #13xx is 100 years old now...

At 7.5 lbs she's no lightweight, though balanced nicely with 30" #3 Krupp barrels.
It's easy to imagine she might have digested some of these "heavies" in her youth....

dvk · Post by **dvk** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:02 pm

Mike--darn well pretty....

Pappy · Post by **Pappy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:55 pm

Just stumbled onto this picture Mike. What a beauty for a ... ah, er, uh ... whaddaya call a 100-year-old gun? A "centurian"? Didn't the Roman armies have a bunch of those?

FRBRIT · Post by **FRBRIT** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:13 pm

Mike, More pictures please! Give us a look at the whole gun,I suspect a nice stick of wood she's wearing. Please give some more details, is she original or restored? Do you have a letter on her?

Come-on you've got me worked-up now close the deal.

mike campbell · Post by **mike campbell** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:37 am

Pappy, Frbrit;

Pretty, isn't it? I'm the new owner...actually just bought it from DVK who is the fella who commisioned the work from a local (western NY) guy. The only thing still original is the chokes and I'm about to take care of that! It's currently goose full/turkey full and I'll open it up a bit to give me a better chance at some SD pheasants this fall.

The gun was expertly and tastefully converted from pistol to straightgrip and the dimensions suit me fine for a live game gun. It's not a Fox for a purist, but it's so well done I have a couple of buddies already arguing over who gets it next.

FRBRIT · Post by **FRBRIT** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:27 pm

Thanks Mike, Your right about her being pretty. I would still like to see a picture of the whole gun.

I'll bet your buddies are fighting over her, if they both loose, offer her up here so we can fight over her!