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< 16ga. Guns Wanted or For Sale ~ GB A-5 3 shot |
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:43 am
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Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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Posted:
Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:08 am
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Joined: 30 Jul 2012
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Location: Central, ND
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It’s a shame it’s been converted to 2-3/4” |
_________________ Browning 525 Sporting 16ga
Browning BPS Gr III 16ga |
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:17 am
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Location: Virginia
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Description says 13 1/8" LOP. That won't work for most people. |
_________________ C&R FFL since 2002 |
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:24 am
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Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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Location: Nebraska
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It's a Sweet 16 3-shot and that's got to mean a lot to somebody who can overlook the conversion and might have a slip-on pad, replacement stock or the willingness to add a pad. |
_________________ Bore, n. Shotgun enthusiast's synonym for "gauge" ; everybody else's synonym for "shotgun enthusiast." - Ed Zern |
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:19 am
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Joined: 30 Jul 2012
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Location: Central, ND
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I plan to bid on it as I have an extra stock. I bet the price will get out of hand. |
_________________ Browning 525 Sporting 16ga
Browning BPS Gr III 16ga |
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:52 am
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:06 pm
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Location: Nebraska
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Interesting dual safety setup! They also apparently understand that the forward trigger guard safety is NOT the "suicide" safety which falls completely within the guard. |
_________________ Bore, n. Shotgun enthusiast's synonym for "gauge" ; everybody else's synonym for "shotgun enthusiast." - Ed Zern |
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Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:26 pm
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Joined: 22 May 2020
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Location: Ky
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Gun in question would have been quite valuable if it had been left alone.
Early stealth 3shot sweet with the 5 lightning hole drilled barrel ring( stupid rare).
Barrel alone would have brought 600.00 unmolested.
I have owned 2 3 shots but never with that early barrel.
Still would be awesome gun to restore, would make old Art happy.
Good Luck! Definitely show some before and after pics. |
_________________ “Never use an ugly gun to kill a beautiful bird” |
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Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:52 pm
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I dug out the posts I made after finding a 3-shot that turned out to also be a Sweet and 2 3/4" gun. For a number of years I carried an older gun that appeared to have been factory altered for 2 3/4" and never thought less of it--as a non-collector I could not work up any hostility against whoever had it done. Function was a little more important, and that gun had it. I bet this one does as well.
http://www.16ga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16621&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=shot&start=0 |
_________________ Bore, n. Shotgun enthusiast's synonym for "gauge" ; everybody else's synonym for "shotgun enthusiast." - Ed Zern |
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Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:47 pm
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Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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win7stw wrote: |
I plan to bid on it as I have an extra stock. I bet the price will get out of hand.
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So were you successful? |
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Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm
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Joined: 30 Jul 2012
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Location: Central, ND
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16'er wrote: |
win7stw wrote: |
I plan to bid on it as I have an extra stock. I bet the price will get out of hand.
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So were you successful?
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Yup |
_________________ Browning 525 Sporting 16ga
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Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:36 pm
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Joined: 22 May 2020
Posts: 268
Location: Ky
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Really nice buy!
Please post some pics later with or without restoration,rare gun.
I bought and sold browning barrels(over 50 of them)to finance my guns and would have sold that barrel For what that gun sold for. Bravo. |
_________________ “Never use an ugly gun to kill a beautiful bird” |
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Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:50 pm
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Location: Nebraska
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Good deal, best of luck with it! |
_________________ Bore, n. Shotgun enthusiast's synonym for "gauge" ; everybody else's synonym for "shotgun enthusiast." - Ed Zern |
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