I just picked this double bump Stevens 520 up today it is very well marked ERA any information? I believe it means Railway Express Agency. Any more info?
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I just picked this double bump Stevens 520 up today it is very well marked ERA any information? I believe it means Railway Express Agency. Any more info?
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no clue, but that rea looks to be way newer than the rest of the stock.
It's a Browning design and neat.
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REA supplied our electricity when I was a kid in Eastern Montana, Rural Electric Assoc.
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Looks lasered into the wood
You can miss fast & you can miss a lot, but only hits count.
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AFAIK, this is the way Railway Express Agency guns were marked (property of, etc):
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Now I lay me down to sleep
A gun beside me is what I keep
If I awake, and you're inside
The coroner's van is your next ride
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