Researcher: Thank you so much for that wonderful history lesson! In this one posting I've been straightened-out on Model 17s, Model 31s, Model 37s, Stevens 520s, Stevens 620s, and Remington Whippets. You folks are quite the resource!

After all of this rumination, I called the folks in Maine on that 17 today. Modified choke, 28-inch tube, and in 80% condition. I now own it. It will likely be my sons first grouse gun if his grandfather doesn't lay claim to it (it will need to be field tested, after all).

Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/10/13 12:17 AM.