Posted in DOUBLES on Apr 8th, 2010
Chesney Auctioneering in McVeytown, Pa, is having a two-day auction, starting Friday, 4/9, at 4:30pm. McVeytown is about an hour of State College, PA.
It looks like there are a few decent double-barrel shotguns at the auction: a 12 gauge Parker and a 12 gauge L.C. Smith Ideal Grade. There are also some Winchester Model 12s [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Apr 2nd, 2010
There are a bunch of nice L.C. Smiths and Parker side-by-side shotguns coming up tomorrow, 4/3, at the Hall Auction and Realty Company in Elkin, NC (about an hour west of Winston Salem).
You can see some of the guns here. They include a bunch of 16 gauge L.C. Smiths side-by-sides, some Parkers and Ithacas, a [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Apr 2nd, 2010
There are some good looking guns coming up tomorrow at Ronald Gilligan & Son Auctioneering in Pennsylvania Furnace, PA (about 5 miles west of State College, PA). They have a lot of stuff — drilling, pistols, Winchesters. Some of the highlights include:
-16 gauge Robust #26 side-by-side shotgun
-Set of Parker 28 gauge side-by-side barrels
-12 gauge Winchester [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 24th, 2010
It looks like there are some good guns coming up this weekend at auctions in IN, VA & MD. I have not seen these guns, so be sure you check them out before you bid on them.
MARCH 27
-Associated Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc in West Friendship, MD, has a bunch of side by side [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 20th, 2010
Alex Cooper Auctioneers in Towson (Baltimore), Maryland have a couple nice double barrel shotguns in their latest auction. This auction starts tomorrow, 3/21 and it runs into Monday. I’m not sure when these side-by-sides are coming up.
12 gauge Pietro Beretta Silver Hawk Featherweight
This is a decent looking boxlock. It has 26″ barrels.
12 gauge Simson & [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 15th, 2010
It’s official. Bo Whoop hammered down for $175,000.*
Once lost, now found, America’s most famous shotgun was auctioned off today by James D. Julia Auctions in Fairfield, Maine. Bidding opened at $50,000 and and clawed its way to $175,000. From about $125,000 on, two phone bidders went toe-to-toe for the fabled gun.
Bo Whoop is the A.H. [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 12th, 2010
I just found out about this. There are four double coming up at DuMouchelles in Detriot, MI.
There are three 28 gauges: a Westely Richards, Webley & Scott and an FT Bakers. There’s also a 20 gauge Webley & Scott 700. These guns are all boxlocks with straight grips and double triggers
All I know about the [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 10th, 2010
I see a lot of nice guns. I see some good guns. I see very few fantastic guns. This 20 gauge Boss Over-and-Under shotgun is a fantastic gun. It’s coming up March 15 at James D. Julia Auctioneers.
Wes Dillon was kind enough to give me a private viewing of it a few weeks ago. I [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 7th, 2010
This 1937 Parker catalog
is on Ebay right now. This is one of the nicest Parker catalogs, with nice pictures of all the models. A must-have for serious Parker guys. Hurry, this one ends March 8th at noon PST.
Posted in DOUBLES on Feb 25th, 2010
Here’s something on Gunbroker.com I’ve never seen: an original 1891 Lefever catalog.
I’ve seen reprints of this catalog, but never the real thing. This one looks like it is in excellent shape. If you’re a serious Lefever collector, it would be nice to have.
Daniel Myron Lefever started making his patented hammerless guns in 1883. A year [...]