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I've heard this term before, usually in the same sentance as "I'd die to get my hands on one"...but I really don't know what it means. Could someone give me a definition, and perhaps post a photo or two? I found a few pictures online but all the pages they are on are blocked by my server.
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Dave
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I have an early 28 gauge Parker (#97,032) with a blued receiver (along with everything else). I could post a picture, but that probably isn't what you had in mind.
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DF,
I tried to search the web for a reference. No luck. Seems to be a coloquial term in the smaller circle of sxs gun traders and enthusiasts to denote a sxs (never saw a reference to a Model 12 30" duck gun as a "funeral gun") with all blue/black metal and possibly short barrels, typically 12g (maybe only due to commonality). Possibly, the same gun used in "shotgun weddings"? LOL Maybe someone else has some more specific history of the term.
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Essentially a gun with very little engraving and a blued receiver and/or lockplates --  
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Dave, I think I'll send a SW to the bluers ASAP to attempt a duplicate of the SP you pictured. I may head for the shore Wednesday for a reconnaissance trip if you arrive for the Vintagers early. You're welcome to ride along. My cell is 301-503-5456 Murphy
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Would that make the Winchester Model 21 a funeral gun?
They look like one to me.
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A true funeral gun is a sidelock with gold letters, as I understand it. Who wants to go to a funeral with a boxlock?
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Any leads on where the term may have come from? The wild west shootouts? Stagecoach guns?
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The guns pictured look a lot like poor reblue jobs - does that mean they should be buried?
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Somewhere in my increasingly squishy brain I recall this discussion possibly here about a year ago. Hopefully CC or another English brother will correct me.
It was suggested that a bespoke double might be completed without the delay for engraving so a man heading off to war could use the gun prior to deployment. 947,000 British men never returned from the war, and those guns were not returned to the maker for final finish.
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