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Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Mar 27th, 2013
London is the traditional source of the world’s best shotguns, and for good reason. Boss & Co., Purdey & Sons, Holland & Holland and other makers based their have been making fantastic doubles for over 150+ years. But Best-quality doubles have also come from other parts of the UK and Europe. This 20 gauge sidelock [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jan 2nd, 2013
Here’s an as-good-as-it-gets, best quality James Purdey & Sons double rife. Of the 30,000+ firearms that Purdey has made, fewer than 400 of them have been hammerless double rifles. The one you see here is .303, snap-action underlever, made on a Beesley action and in excellent original condition.
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Dec 19th, 2012
Here’s a good look at how Holland & Holland turns out best-quality side-by-side and over/under shotguns today.
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jun 8th, 2012
A.A. Brown & Sons is not well known. Even though their Supreme de Luxe double barrel was just named one of the best British guns of the last 60 years, few people have heard of this gunmaker’s name. This is understandable. Since opening 1938, many of A.A. Brown & Sons’s double barrels have been made for the trade. Through the [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Apr 13th, 2012
If you’ve have cash to spend, now’s a great time to be looking for a double barrel shotgun. There are more fine side-by-sides and over-unders on the market right now than ever before. Of these, this W.W. Greener 28 gauge, best quality side by side is on of the very best. Even though W.W. Greener built [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on May 11th, 2011
Best-quality guns are all about the little details – the shape of the drop points, the fit of the forend, the shaping of the fences, and the composition of the engraving. At the Southern a few weeks ago, I saw an unusual gun that hit all these little things out of the park. It was [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jun 23rd, 2008
Shooting sportsman around the world know that there are a lot mysteries in the world of fine firearms, even today when the web makes information so easy to find. One of these mysteries is the gunmaker, or gunmakers, Guyot. Over the years, I’ve come across a bunch of double barrel shotguns with the name Guyot [...]
