Posted in DOUBLES on Jan 27th, 2012
W. & C. Scott was one of the most important gunmakers of the last 200 years. In the their history they came up with many different designs for doubles. One of the quirkiest was the Quintuple Grip system you can see on this shotgun. This system combined a standard Purdey-bolt with two bolts on the outside of [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Sep 16th, 2011
Here’s something you don’t see every day: Two W. & C. Scott Premier shotguns, both circa 1891. Premiers were Scott’s standard top of the line shotgun and in their day they were as expensive as a Purdey or Boss. What makes these two even more interesting is their prices: the more original one is barely [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Jan 28th, 2011
W. & C. Scott is one of my favorite English makers. Their guns, especially their early breechloaders, are some of the finest double-barrel shotguns ever made in the UK. For a good chunks of Scott’s history (especially the 19th century), North America was their major market. Thousands of their guns were sold over here, many [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Oct 28th, 2010
Horst Auctions in Ephrata, PA, is holding a big gun auction on Saturday, 11/6. Here is a listing plus pics of everything in the auction. There are plenty of good guns there. Lots featuring double barrel shotguns are listed below: 108. W. W. Greener hammer double ser.# 23915. 110. Parker Bros. “T” Quality ser.# 76804. [...]
Posted in DOUBLES on Mar 4th, 2009
Connecticut Shotgun just listed this rare British double barrel shotgun. It’s a W. & C. Scott Imperial Premier sidelock in 12 gauge. Connecticut Shotgun’s full listing reads: “WC Scott Premier Imperial grade, 12ga, 30”, F/F, the very rarest WC Scott the holy grail of the line Whitworth barrels, double trigger, auto ejectors, pistol grip, leather [...]
