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SUPERB HIGH CONDITION BOXLOCK EJECTOR 2″ 12 BORE GAME GUN BY SKIMIN & WOOD RETAILED BY KIMBAL’S OF WOBURN, MASS. W/ CASE.
inv# 21-4006
Cal. 12 Ga. 2″
S# 87972
Kimball Arms Company of Woburn, Mass started as a semi-custom rifle maker teamed up with Ned Roberts in the 20s & 30s. This gun retailed by the later Kimbal Arms Company has 26″ dovetailed bbls. silver inlaid “FOR 2 INCH CASE ONLY” on narrow matted game rib. Tops of bbls. are engraved “Kimbal Arms. Co. Woburn Mass” & “Made in England”. Bbl. flats are stamped w/ Birmingham nitro proofs for 2″ chambers & 7/8 oz. of shot. Case hardened boxlock action features automatic safety & dbl. triggers. Action is engraved w/ about 60% coverage well cut scroll within scroll & line borders. Right side is engraved “Skimin & Wood” in scrolling riband. Left side in matching scroll is engraved “20th Century A”. Blued top lever, floorplate & trigger guard are engraved w/ matching scroll. Serial number is on trigger guard tang. Rnd. knob pistol grip buttstock of well streaked & figured European walnut measures 14 1/2″ over checkered horn buttplate. Flat top point pattern checkering is at grip & a vacant silver oval is on toeline. Matching short splinter ejector forend has Anson release.
MEASUREMENTS: BBLS: Bore Diameter: R .730″, L .730″. Restriction: R .020″ (MOD), L.023″ (MOD). Min. Wall Thickness: R .023″, L .026″. STOCK: DAH: 2 5/8″. DAC: 1 5/8″. LOP: 14 1/2″. CAST: 0. WEIGHT: 5 lb. 9 oz.
STATUS: CURIO
