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Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jun 20th, 2013
I was raised on gunshops and gunshows – rows of beat up guns, surly guys, rusty junk, and every now and then an OK double. Today, most of my firearms shopping happens online, and it’s amazing how many nice shotguns I can see. To date, I’m sure I’ve read over a million listings for side-by-side, [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Feb 10th, 2013
HOLLAND & HOLLAND DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE .500 3 1/4″: 27″ steel barrels, ramp front sight with folding night sight. Two leaf rear express sight. Lightly engraved back action locks and rebounding hammers. Stock dimensions LOP: 14 1/2″ Comb: 1 1/2″ Heel: 2 1/4″ Weight: 9lbs 2oz. Super untouched original barrel blue. The action and locks [...]
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 Oct 10th, 2012
Last week I put up this post about a rare Dickson Round Action double rifle. It went off at auction on Saturday, 10/6, and the hammer price blew away the pre-sale estimate. The Dickson hammered down at $23,700 vs. a pre-sale estimate of $6-8,000. I was told that Dickson made fewer than 20 round action [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jul 31st, 2012
A new feature. Each day I’m going to post the top new double-barrel shotguns and side-by-sides from GunsInternational.com. I hope this makes it easier for folks to find a nice gun. Just looking is always fun, too. JAMES PURDEY & SONS – BEST QUALITY 20 ga Price: $50,000.00 A. H. Fox CE 12 Ga Price: [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jul 30th, 2012
Here’s part three of the unfolding story of the rarest Boss Over & Under in the world. This Boss is an double rifle, two barrel set, made around 1929. Here are the first and the second posts I put up about it. In the pics here you can see how much the double rifle differs from [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jul 3rd, 2012
As I’ve said before, guys call me all the time about doubles. Most of them are looking for info on meat-and-potato, side-by-side shotguns: Parkers, L.C. Smiths, a Fox here and there. But every now and then I get call about something interesting… The call I got about this gun was a lot more than interesting: [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jun 1st, 2012
James Purdey & Sons is just two years shy of being 200 hundred years old. In all that time, they’ve made all sorts of shotguns and rifles. Even though I’ve seen lots of them, I’m still surprised by some of the stuff I come across. Just check out this 16 bore “Purdey” percussion stocking [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on May 25th, 2012
Good guns are where you find, and you never know where a nice side-by-side will pop up. Just check out these double rifles coming up at this little auction in Kuna, ID. BTW: You can get great deals at little auctions like this. You can also get very burned. Be sure you have these guns [...]
Posted in DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUNS on Jan 31st, 2012
Let’s celebrate one of America’s finest gunmakers: Patrick Mullin. Don’t feel bad, most people have never heard of him. Patrick Mullin’s double barrel shotguns were some of the finest ever made on this side of the Atlantic. This 8 gauge, 11lb 5oz., percussion shotgun with 33″ barrels is an excellent example of his work. It glows [...]
