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When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Similar pattern to some of the Ithaca 'many thousands grades' Walt has posted or published.
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Joe,
My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks!
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Mr. Flues could really build a fine gun. Every detail done to such a high standard. The .078 min. wall thickness got my attention. Guess he started with a 10 gauge barrel blank and bored it to 12 gauge. Kept the walls thick to keep felt recoil down and make a single barrel gun feel like a double barrel gun. Bet the balance is perfect even with such thick barrel. Must feel like a fine double. The MOI would be interesting. I think he is a bit high with the starting bid. After all it is number two, not number one and spare parts have to be a bit of a problem. If my O-check ever gets here I have to see if the price has dropped a little. 
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Doubt if you will see the price drop much. This dealer really gets the high end guns, and has a pretty solid customer base as well. He belongs to our area pheasant club and will often bring a special gun for a prospective customer to shoot in real field conditions- a real high end sales tool. I have handled many good (but not guns like he carries) doubles at Cabelas Gun Libraries and Jaqua's in Ohio- but for an avid hunter, there is no better test -IMO anyway- of how the gun you have in mind buying performs on real wings and feathers getting airborne in a 25 knot crosswind--RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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KY, I have serial no. 1 and think this gun, no. 2 , is a wonderful superior example. I am not sure of Joe Wood's heading about the gun. Was the gun was engraved by Flues ?---------Maybe Flues, but maybe Kornbrath. Who can tell?
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Good catch on grammar, Daryl. Have made an appropriate change.
Thanks
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Joe, I really don't know who engraved the gun, serial no. 2. I have read opinions that Flues did some engraving and Kornbrath also engraved Flues guns. Just opinions. But, serial no. 2 seems to be done by someone with quite a bit of talent. Kornbrath was Austrian and came over here somewhat before we think the Flues gun was made. My guess, given the date, is that Kornbrath did it. That's my "guess".
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 02/07/12 06:18 PM.
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Congratulations on having number 1. Both guns are superior examples of his work I am sure. I think he is one of the more under rated or at least unknown gunsmiths of his generation. Do not know if it is by his choice while living or just how little remains of his work. His talent level was extremely high none the less. I have seen several of his guns that he was thought to have built, engraved and finished all on his own. They were all as near perfect as they could be in fit and finish. But I guess if total lifetime production is only a few hundred custom guns he is just going to remain mostly unknown and under appreciated.
I guess my reference to O-checks (Obama checks or gifts of government money) went over peoples heads. Spent most of the day doing taxes. What my wife and I paid in taxes makes me both sick and poor at the same time. Good thing I do not own number two or I might have to sell it.
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