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I have Briley spreader chokes that do in fact open the pattern for rabbits on a sproting clays course.


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By 1910, MF had stopped producing damascus barrels. The Robust was first sold in 1913, so a damascus barrelled Robust is very unlikely to be found anywhere.
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So to have a robust model with the rifled right barrel, and a self opener is unusual?or were those options?

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Yes, that would be somewhat unusual, but not unheard of.

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Originally Posted By: WildCattle
By 1910, MF had stopped producing damascus barrels. The Robust was first sold in 1913, so a damascus barrelled Robust is very unlikely to be found anywhere.
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Interesting. How do you know that MF stopped producing damascus by 1910?

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Because the 1910 catalog does not advertise any gun with damascus barrels, unlike the 1900 one.
In 1910, even the cheapo (33FF!) pinfire models sport "fake damascus" steel barrels.
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Self opener means ejector, which is not very common on early Robusts. The ejectors and the Supra rifling would be a model 26ES to 36ES in 1930. The catalog only shows the rifling in the right barrel, even though I'm pretty sure I saw one 30ES with both barrels rifled.
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WC, I'm guessing one with both barrels rifled might have been a slug gun vs a woodcock/rabbit gun.

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