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Early A Grade 12ga
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:01 pm
by mike campbell
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....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:02 pm
by dvk
Mike--darn well pretty....
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:55 pm
by Pappy
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?
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:13 pm
by FRBRIT
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:37 am
by mike campbell
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:27 pm
by FRBRIT
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!