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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2018 12:54 pm  Reply with quote



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Mike! Yu are a smiley kinda guy! Will you be at Whittington? STAY WELL..
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2018 2:07 pm  Reply with quote
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L.D.
Yes, I will be attending the Vintagers shoot at Whittington near Raton
Hope to see you again !!!
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Gil S
PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:22 pm  Reply with quote
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Outstanding! The earlier guns had that high luster bluing on the receiver and if my eyes aren't deceiving me, does the engraving appear to be handchased with more detail? Gil
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2018 5:11 pm  Reply with quote



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Gil,

I cannot say for sure. The engraving is nice but I'm not well versed enough in engraving to know if was hand chased or not.
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2018 5:22 pm  Reply with quote
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Can you show us the other side of the receiver? Gil
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2018 5:54 pm  Reply with quote



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Here's the other side. Sorry for the glare. That blue is so reflective it's difficult for a hack photographer like me to get a good picture.

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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:24 am  Reply with quote
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Matt, that's not handchased. Handchasing was done by Ithaca engravers to repair incomplete machine engraving rather than discard a "defective" receiver. Here's an example on my 1939 20 ga., the first year of 20 ga. production. That's quite a gun you found. Gil
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2018 10:27 pm  Reply with quote



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Tonight was the end of our Fall/Winter/Spring league shoot. No score tonight, just fun targets and the club does hotdogs and burgers. Our team members all brought out some of their non target guns. I shot a round of skeet and a round of five stand sporting clays with the 37. Shot fairly well, 21 in skeet and 21 in sporting clays. I shot one round with my 20 gauge Beretta Blackwing and ended up with a 20. Great evening with the guys. I've shot the same league and team for 15 years. We'll get together again in September for the start of next season's league. I shoot the 37 so well I may use it next season for skeet and sporting clays.
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