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Barker Double Barrel Shotgun
Double Barrel Shotgun
marked T. Barker. No. 188.
Seized during the Taylorville Mine Wars.
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Double Barrel Shotgun

Sears sold this brand of gun for $11.95 in 1897. There is an engraving of a rabbit on the plate. The stock is plain walnut with some checking (carved crosshatching) at the grip.
Barker Double Barrel Shotgun detail
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