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I picked this up at an auction recently.

It's a wand - 28" barrels choked .020 and .031, 14 1/4" x 1 1/2 x 2 1/2" stock, and tipping my scale at an ounce over 5 1/2 lbs. Balance is, IMO, close to perfect.

Made in the 1930s with 2 3/4", 1 oz. proofs, it's a pretty rare gun, IMO, and it was reproofed last year in London at 70mm and CIP over N which means it's more than capable of handling modern ammo - not that anyone rational is ever going to shoot anything heavy or fast out of it.

I took it out back this morning to get some photos of it in the good light we have - no smoke! - and the stock really pops.

The gun was listed as 2 1/2" chambers, and with serial number 1599.

The 1599 would have put the gun in the 1880s or 1890s, and I don't think there's a lot of love for 2 1/2" 20s - the little Jeffery hammer gun I posted earlier this year being a great example.

I'm certain that both errors allowed me to grab this gun for what I have in it instead of what it's worth.

It'll make someone very happy.









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