Funeral Grade V-C

22 September 2012, 20:09

Kebco

Funeral Grade V-C

Last year I built a 20ga shotgun for a customer with a blued frame and gold outline on the frame, I thought it was interesting enough that I ordered a DR with similar treatment. This is a 375 Flanged Mag, small round frame, carved fences, with 24" barrels it weighs 129oz or 8.06lb.

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22 September 2012, 22:30

mete

For my tastes it's fine !! I once saw a matched pair of Browning High Powers with that type of gold line work .If I was a collector I would have immediately grabbed them.

22 September 2012, 23:11

tendrams

Man, that is nice. I would take it as is but with case hardening on the receiver and forearm release only.

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25 September 2012, 09:02

cal pappas

Funeral Grade? Does that mean it is buried with you when you die?
Peter

No, it means your wife will kill you for buying another double!
Cal

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29 September 2012, 04:33

MacD37

I guess you learn something new every day, as long as you live, but that is a new one on me at 77 years of age! That is a designation that I have never heard before after over 70 years of owning guns!
?????????????????? Funeral grade?????????????????

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29 September 2012, 05:23

Kebco

From the Hallowell web site

Funeral Grade - A colloquial term to describe a break-open gun, of any quality but often of the very highest, bearing the least possible decoration; having an all-blued receiver with either no engraving at all or only a simple borderline.
http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm

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29 September 2012, 07:30

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by Kebco:
From the Hallowell web site

Funeral Grade - A colloquial term to describe a break-open gun, of any quality but often of the very highest, bearing the least possible decoration; having an all-blued receiver with either no engraving at all or only a simple borderline.
http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm

Photo
http://www.hallowellco.com/funeral_grade.htm

As I said your never too old to learn something new!

30 September 2012, 08:19

sambarman338

quote:
Originally posted by Kebco:
From the Hallowell web site

Funeral Grade - A colloquial term to describe a break-open gun, of any quality but often of the very highest, bearing the least possible decoration; having an all-blued receiver with either no engraving at all or only a simple borderline.

Well, my Heym PH might have a nitrite-finished receiver but, compared with your rifle, its decoration is high-grade pine box.