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Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on May 20th, 2013
Little John’s Auction Service annual May antique and sporting guns auction starts this Wednesday. If you’re into nice doubles, this is a sale you don’t want to miss. It’s a big auction, spread out over 2 days – Wednesday & Thursday, May 22-23. I’m going to put up several posts featuring the highlights of this [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on May 5th, 2013
Arrieta is one of Spain’s top gunmakers, and the Arrieta 871 model is one of their top shotguns. With chopperlump barrels, a rounded, and a color-case hardened action, it’s a great looking double that has many of the features found on the world’s best SxS. The 871 you see here is up for auction now. [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Apr 13th, 2013
Krieghoff is one of the world’s top gunmakers, and if you’re into target competition O/Us, you’re already familiar with their guns. This German company started as Sempert & Krieghoff in 1886, and in the late ’50s they started messing with the target shotguns that would build them into the name we know today. Before that, [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Apr 5th, 2013
Well it happened. Yesterday, this highly anticipated 12 gauge Parker AAH Pigeon Gun hit the block. When the auctioneer smacked his gavel and called “Sold!”, the winning price was a stunning $25,500.00 or about $30,000 with the buyer’s premium. This Parker AAH was made around 1895, and I think it was the fifth AAH that [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 30th, 2013
I was up at the James D. Julia Auction Company a few weeks ago looking over the shotguns in their March 11 & 12 sale. A lot of doubles caught my eye – from this great 16 gauge Woodwards O/U to this fantastic, 12 gauge J.P. Sauer Deluxe. There were lots of nice American shotguns [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 29th, 2013
You read the headline right: The Thomas Hirchak Company in Williston, VT, is auctioning off this 12 gauge Parker AAH Pigeon Gun on Thursday, April 04, 2013. The action starts 10:00am Eastern, and I bet this Parker will be sold to the highest bidder by 11:30am. This shotgun looks like the real deal: One of [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 15th, 2013
Auction time! Here are a few shotguns from Montrose Auctions 3/16 sale that caught my eye. BTW: There are a lot more decent doubles in this sale. To see all the shotguns going off tomorrow, go here. A.H. Fox Sterlingworth SxS Shotgun: 16ga Serial # 366415, 28″ bbls. Good overall condition with traces of case [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 11th, 2013
Nice hammerguns are to find. So when I saw these three on Saturday at the preview for James D. Julia’s 3/12 auction, I stopped and gave each one a closer look. They’re nice shotguns, and all three –a 28 gauge, a 20 gauge, and a lightweight 20 gauge — are very hard to find. LOT: [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 8th, 2013
The famous engraver Henry Albert Kell, aka Harry Kell, is one of the most famous individuals to emerge from England’s sporting-arms trade. Born in 1880, he was apprenticed to the trade in 1894. By 1900, his training was complete and he was engraving for his dad’s firm – Sanders & Kell. Between the wars, Harry [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 6th, 2013
If you’re into nice shotguns, James D. Julia’s firearms auctions are a big deal. Held in the spring and fall, these sales bring some of the world’s finest shotguns and rifles to market. This J.P Sauer Deluxe side-by-side is one of those great shotguns. Doubles like this rarely hit the open market. If you’re a [...]
