No muzzleloaders. One is a light waterfowl single 8 gauge (which wasn't even catalogued at the time). It is a B grade as near as I can tell with a true single shot action action and a bar lock and high grade Damascusbarrels. The one I am recieving appears to be a C grade double 10 gauge with back action locks and Laminate barrels, but marked W&C Scott on the locks and tang. It looks very lightly built in the pictures and I am anxious to weigh it. These guns are less than 200 apart in serial number (in the latter part of the 2000 range) and are listed as 1871 manufacture. Surprisingly, both carry the 10 Great Castle address. This is odd for a couple of reasons. According to the book, they used this address starting in 1872 to denote A and B grade guns. This would fit for the single if it were numbered in 1871 but finished in 1872. The double, I believe, is obviously a grade C but has much nicer wood than a normal C grade along with the Scott marked locks. The only thing I can see that would explain this address inscription is that the book says C grades that were "specials" were marked this way. When I get the gun, I am going to weigh the gun and measure the barrels to see it is possibly a specially made upland gun that was made in 10 gauge with the different locks and wood. That may even be true for the 8 gauge that came out of Boston (I would presume an early Wm. Reed order in their first year as importer.) Given that it is a very rare model and made in 1871 and is a 9 pound 8 gauge, it would likely have also been a custom order.
