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    The Pigeon Gun-the "real" story Archived Message

    Posted by Bill Hambidge on November 29, 2006, 7:03 am, in reply to "Re: Drew, Help!!! "

    Drew, I swapped for this gun because it was in decent shape mechanically, has 32" barrels, a three position safety, and is choked IM and EF. The stock was "sacrificed" to glass build-up, then off to the duplicator for shaping(Great American Gunstocks had the wood) then back for me to final fit,sand,finish, and checker. Metal engraving was done by Jack Jones of Forest,VA, a wonderful engraver who worked with Ken Hurst. The rust bluing I did as well as the Color Case Hardening. Gun has ivory beads and stock dimensions are a la Parker trap guns. To soften recoil and to see how they work put 2 Edwards recoil reducers in the buttstock and a Hi-Viz recoil pad. (Works well and many of my by-pass patient customers/recoil challenged like the combination). The "chips in the wood/finish at the back of the locks are secondary to in and out of locks trying to get just the right trigger pull weight. It is a "shop" gun/display model for tax purposes so I was sortta "free" to experiment. Have several more Parkers and L.C.s in process at the moment. Most interesting is a 1912 Damascus 16 gauge that Nigel Teague(England) is tubing for me. It is their first 16. So now you have "the rest of the story"! BILL

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