Recently, Holland and Holland in New York had a 28 gauge Purdey Funeral gun with a gold inlaid "5" on the rib. I shouldered it, swung it around, it fit me so well. I wanted it so badly, but I was afraid I would locate the other four and then I would have no house. The owner probably knows what the story of his gun is. Maybe he would tell it here. Montana, what is a set of five called?
That gun is now owned by a good friend of mine here in Nebraska. When he got it, it was slightly off face and had 2 1/2" chambers even tho marked 2 3/4. H&H took care of both problems immediately and without complaint.
The letter from Purdey's states that the little 28 was made up as one of a matched pair. They were marked "5" and "6" because "obviously, the gentleman already had four other Purdey guns." I love that quote, it is so upper crust British.
HTH, sv
