bannockburn
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Well here's one that's no longer an Urban Myth. Remember hearing the story about some really fancy, really expensive, custom made English shotgun that the world's dumbest criminal turned into a SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN... I just saw a picture of it in the latest issue of Small Arms Review. In an article entitled, "An Insiders Visit to the ATF National Firearms Collection", by Jim Schatz and Dan Shea, on page 81, there's a photo of it; with the caption: "Maybe the sickest piece in the collection. A $50,000 lavishly engraved Purdy (SxS) 12 gauge shotgun". The barrels appear to have been cut-off about 3 or 4" from the forearm, while the stock , which was a straight grip pattern, seems to have lost 6 or 7" off of it. One can only hope that there are no more senseless, cruel, and totally inexpiable crimes, like this, committed against fine English shotguns, ever again.