Originally Posted by bsteele
I had a “C Gove and Son Denver Colo” 10ga breech opener for a while. The “& Son” mark began in 1876 and was only for a couple years. It was made by WC Scott on the Purdey second model thumb opener patent. Cool gun with a great name, but at 9+ pounds it was not an upland gun so it went down the road.

Interesting info! I didn't realize his business ever used the "& Son" on it? I have other Gove, Schoyen, and AW Peterson rifles but my other Gove stuff is just C. Gove Denver, Co. marked.
I have one of the Gove underlever conversion Rolling Blocks. It's been fully restored and has a 12 groove Farrow false muzzle barrel. A great shooter, and as much as I love Rolling Blocks the lever is a huge improvement over the thumb spurs.
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Once I have this in hand I'll double check the barrel markings. He told me today it has Birmingham proof marks and he thinks it's a 14 ga.? But he's getting info off Facebook, so I take it with a grain of salt.