Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein


Things change slowly in the gun trade, but, there is sometimes a sharp line where the change occurs. This gun is a bit out of period, and perhaps the paying customer specified dovetail lump barrels. I don't know. I just figured that at some point in the ledger book there would be a clear demarcation of old tech and new. In the grand sceme of guns, it matters not a whit to me, chopperlump, dovetail lump, or monoblock, as long as the whole is tied up nice and tidy.



I don't see this gun as "out of period" for the time, maybe I'm missing something.

I see the Evolution of the shotgun in the late 1800's as very fast not slow by any means.

I also don't see a "paying customer" in the 1800's specifying dovetail lump barrels.
Cox