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Ernest Hemingway’s Guns

A well-worn W. & C. Scott & Son Monte Carlo B—Serial No. 60293, c. 1898, with 30-inch Damascus (twist-forged) barrels and a stock extension with a soft recoil pad. Note the cocking-indicator window in the lockplate. Appropriately for a pigeon gun, it has a non-automatic safety catch, double triggers and two ivory sighting beads on its rib. The Monte Carlo B also has a Greener-style “treble-grip” locking crossbolt. Lloyd Arnold described Hemingway’s Scott as “a plain piece, but handsome in its clean lines.” This example was loaned to the authors by Rob Shelton, of California, for comparison purposes.

Rob Shelton/Steve Helsley

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