Vet bring-back double

laxcoach

March 19, 2002 03:42

A friend of mine's deceased father brought this double back from the European theatre after the war. I can't identify it from my reference books. Help on identity and approximate value. It's a 12 ga. hammerless double, boxlock, case-hardened,straight stock(very dainty), splinter foreend, looks to be at least 26 line checkering, swivels, long top and bottom tangs, heavily engraved on receiver, barrel butts, and screws in tangs and trigger screws. Barrel flats are stamped "Acier Comprime". Chokes are rt) 18.4, (L) 18.3. "W H Choke-Recife" is stamped in a circle on both flats. S/N is 1xxx, and only proof marks are a crown over PT, not unlike the one on page 1582 of the Blue Book under French proofs. Condition is 70% case and blue, and 60% wood.

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  laxcoach

  March 19, 2002 15:06

  BTT

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  laxcoach

  March 20, 2002 03:16

  Saxon, thanks for the reply--the barrels appear to be solid, both inside and out. I see no evidence of twist anywhere, and the bores are mirror.

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