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Dilly541, There is glare on the photo, but I read it as Jan. 1934. It has 2 1/2- 2 9/16" chambers and both barrels are choked, but amount of constriction is not shown( usually tight). Mike
Last edited by Der Ami; 08/27/19 11:56 AM.
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Thank you Mike. You confirmed my suspicions. The seller says it is 2 3/4 and chokes are mod and light full. Wont be able to confirm until it is in my hands. Short chamber is not a deal breaker for me.
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Anyone here had issues with those plastic trigger guards? This one is cracked at the screw, which I imagine is fairly typical.
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If original, trigger guard material is very probably buffalo horn, not plastic.
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Dilly541, The proofmarks say it is short chambered, but it could have been rechambered and not re-proofed sometime in the last 85 years. The trigger guard can be repaired, but horn is a little tricky. I recommend sending it to some one to repair. Mike
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Copy that. Thanks again guys
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The trigger guards being a 'natural' material, horn in this instance, glue up extremely well with 'super glue'. The parts have to be clean as always, but the stuff will glue horn, leather, your fingers, ect together with excl results.
The Walther SxS shotguns used Bakelite or similar plastic material for their trigger guards and safety buttons. Those have a strip of steel reinforcement inside the triggerguard casting but they still crack. Probably more from age than anything else.
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Kutter, In the "olden days", horn gave us fits with 2 part epoxy and we had to set a couple pins across the joint for reinforcement. Thanks for the hint. Mike
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