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Ran across this on A/A today. Never could understand why something with a serial # needs to be marked like this??? http://www.auctionarms.com/Search/DisplayItem.cfm?ItemNum=8788191
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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There are a lot of certified idiots in the world. Nowadays, people are unnecessarily(IMO) paranoid about giving out their SSN.
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JDP was proud of that damn # and wanted to make sure it could not be removed w/o leaving a bald spot. 
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Can you say IDENTITY THEFT?
Its a nice gun.
Brian
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An old live pigeon trap gun by the looks of it. Worthy of restoration if that number could be erased. Pre 1904 black powder proof marks. I like the bit where it describes Jeffrey as a'high end Maker'; one thing Jeffery did and that is he never made a gun in his life, all were bought in from other Makers and finished off by Jeffrey. Still, he had a reputation to maintain so you don't see many bad ones. Lagopus.....
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Except for the side clips; here's its twin:  My example was in worse condition when I got it. It did stand 2 3/4" nitro proof without a hitch and was then restored. Slightly different engraving but much the same. This one was made for Jeffrey by the Midland Gun Company of Birmingham. Lagopus.....
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I would just about bet that if you were good enough, or you found someone with the right equipment, you could take that out. I am wondering if someone could engrave that out. Or with the right matting machine remove it. I wonder if Ken Hurst could remove it.
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"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Nice gun. How much should it fetch?
JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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That was a big thing in Denver in the seventies.Cops would come to your house and engrave everything,tv,vcr guns ect for your protection.Saw many a fine gun on the gun show circut engraved that way.Worst I ever saw was a grounp of about twenty FN Browning bolt actions all woith the same SSN number
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In the book Reflections, Man and Boy, by our good friend from down under, there is a story about a man who ordered an English best and then took steel punches and crudely stamped his name in the sidelock as I recall. It takes all kinds.
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