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I'd like to see detailed photos of the gun's barrel flats, so we could confirm as to whether it was procured from a source higher up the food chain than BSA.
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Probably an AA Brown & Son stamp on the barrel flats or on the action flats someplace.
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Take it out to the pattern board with a few different brands of shells and get a good sense of how it currently shoots.
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Take it out to the pattern board with a few different brands of shells and get a good sense of how it currently shoots. Based on my preliminary testing, it appears that the right barrel produces loose patterns and the left barrel produces tight patterns. That general trend has held true with all ammo I've tried.
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Based on my preliminary testing, it appears that the right barrel produces loose patterns and the left barrel produces tight patterns. That general trend has held true with all ammo I've tried. That is just why it has two barrels; one for close, one for far...Geo
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So much for "Tradition"!! And Francis, speaking of tradition, Happy Birthday, USMC. Nov. 10, 1775, Tun Tavern, Philadelphia. Gil
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It's interesting that many Pieper guns around the turn of the century were advertised as being "Machine Made". Now, they're considered JABCs. I read a while back that the " Big Three" in England had all gone to CNC several years ago. It's probably totally eliminated the job title "Action Filer".. Ken, not all Piepers are JABC. All three of these are beautiful handling guns and well made. Chopper lump barrels. Interesting action. Nice, nice guns and a steal for the money. Two 16's and a 12 gauge. I just sold the 12 gauge in the bottom pic.   
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I'd like to see detailed photos of the gun's barrel flats, so we could confirm as to whether it was procured from a source higher up the food chain than BSA.
Looks like pretty standard Birmingham proofs, sometime between 1925-54.
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It looks like it has the standard BSA fluting/sculpting abound the breech and fences. And the top strap is the same shape as photos of other BSA guns that I have looked at.
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It looks like it has the standard BSA fluting/sculpting abound the breech and fences. And the top strap is the same shape as photos of other BSA guns that I have looked at.
Agreed, I can't see the tiny AAB stamp or anything else that would point to outwork. That said, it is a spectacular example of "Buy the gun, not the name" that we hear so often. Larry, I see few English guns with 2 3/4 chambers proofed at 1 1/4oz. Damn few. It is better than most of what we see, and would cost a bunch of post Obama deduction wages to replicate today. Best, Ted
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