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Sidelock
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Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
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I was thinking that is pretty spendy as I bought one probably even a bit nicer for $325 out the door at a local pawn shop. Checked my records and my buy was before the crash of 2008!!
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Everything that Stevie has for sale in "spendy" I have bought 2 nice clean pre-1950 field grade M12's in 20 gauge recently, each under $550 cash money no trading. Steve is, or was I guess I should say, a well-known dealer, I only buy from private parties, so I am sure he has a 35-40% "uptick" in his price. RWTF
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I sold a mint 31 TC to a friend who has given me many favors in the past. My present 31s are a mint vent rib skeet 12 with a nice custom stock and forend, probably Fajen or Bishop. Another is a solid rib skeet 12 with second barrel, modified, numbered to the gun. This is a really nice one.
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Nice gun. A friend has one, that was his father's. It is, of course, not for sale.
$595 is really not that much when compared to the asking prices for used BPS and 870 guns in my area.
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I'd spend $595 for a nice one if it had a ribbed barrel. I'm done buying plain barrel guns. They all shoot way high for me if they are stocked close to my dimensions. The last one I bought I had to replace the bead with a much bigger bead to get the POI close enough to my POA.
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REM 31L lightweight would be more to my liking for upland hunting. A friend of mine has one and loves it. 12b solid rib. Nice gun and more around 6.5 lbs for carrying.
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My first shotgun was a Model 31 20 ga. It did not have the grooved forend, but the bulkier, 870-style, checkered forend. Does anyone know what grade that would have been? I've been watching for one like that for sale with no success.
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In all likelihood, Shelldrake, you have a 'Skeet' grade M31. I've the same thing in a 12 ga. 'Skeet' model, that serials out to the early 1930's, is checkered fore and aft, and sports an ivory bead front sight atop the ventilated rib. How is your gun choked?
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REM 31L lightweight would be more to my liking for upland hunting. A friend of mine has one and loves it. 12b solid rib. Nice gun and more around 6.5 lbs for carrying. To my knowledge, every alloy-receiver 31 I've seen had a cracked frame in front of the loading port where the magazine tube is screwed in, but I've only seen 4 or 5. No idea if it matters. JR
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