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March 12, 2023March 11, 2023 by Gregg

David McKay Brown 16 ga Best Quality SxS w/ Factory Teague Chokes: Best quality David McKay Brown 16 ga gun w/ factory Teague chokes. This 1995 (#75XX) gun is adorned with full cover fine scroll (Scottish) engraving executed by Dave Hudson. The gun weighs 6 lbs 1 oz with a LOP of 15.5″ including a well matched 1″ wood extension. Excellent wood and metal finish with pristine bores. The gun sports 28″ barrels with 2 3/4″ chambers and comes with 8 thin-walled Teague chokes. Shotgun Gauge: 16 Gauge Manufacturer: David McKay Brown Model: Best Serial Number: 75XX Barrel Length: 28″ Chambers: 2 3/4″ Ejectors: Yes Condition: Excellent Metal Condition: Excellent Wood Condition: Excellent Bore Condition: Excellent Action: Round action trigger plate Triggers: Double Stock: Deluxe walnut Fore End: Splinter Butt Pad: Checkered butt LOP: 15.5″ Rib: Concave game Finish: Hand rubbed oil Weight: 6 lbs 1 oz Sights: Single bead Manufacture Date: 1995 Chokes: Factory Teague chokes Engraving: Full cover fine scroll (Scottish) by Dave Hudson Extras: 8 Teague chokes & makers cleaning cloth Grips: Straight/English. Price: $41,000*

PIOTTI 28 BOXLOCK MOD BSEE- NICE ENGRAVING by CASTELLI- 30″ EJECT CHOPPER LUMP Bbls.- NEAR EXHIBITION WOOD- DBL. TRIGGERS- 5 Lbs. 7 Oz.- OVERALL 98%: #9935, Fratelli Piotti, Gardone Val Trompia, Brescia Italy, Piotti Piuma – BSEE Deluxe Boxlock Ejector 28 Bore, Made in 2005, A Deluxe Piece with Outstanding Wood, It is with 30″ Ejector Chopper Lump barrels at 14mm = .552 .007 & .014″ (Slightly Tight Imp.Cyl. & Slightly Tight Mod.), 2 3/4″ Chambers, KG 1,000 weight barrels, Concave matted top rib, Scalloped frame, Rolled trigger guard edge for the right hand, Double triggers with the front articulated, Splinter game forend with a frontal Anson release, Straight hand stock at 15 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/8″ over a full face checkered butt, 3/8″ Cast-Off for the right hand, 5 lbs. 7 oz., 90% coverage of very nice scroll and rose bouquet engraving by A. Castelli on a case color hardened frame, It has Upgraded Exhibition Wood with a Superb piece of European Walnut with excellent color & contrast of deep brown & black. This piece is with original barrel blue at 100%, The case colors remain at 98-99%, The stock and forend at 98-99%, The checkering at 100%, The barrels inside and out remain as new. This Piotti quality piece has 7 retaining screws on key screws on both the frame and inside the forend. It is cased in a leather trimmed hard trunk with the Piotti name on the outside. This piece was ordered by a shooter as it points like a dream with that Cast-Off plus it is without any beads on the rib. This piece is the ideal upland piece with 28 bore performance that you can carry all day from one of the leading gunmaking firms in the world. Price: $19,500*

Ithaca NID 28 ga SxS Field Grade With Ejectors: We have an Ithaca NID 28 ga that was built in 1936 , the gun features 26” barrels , ejectors that are strong and in time , the chokes are full/ mod .010-.024 , wood is very nice with no cracks or splits , LOP 14 5/8 , DAC 1 1/2 DAH 2” , weight is 5 pds even , this is a hard gun to find with ejectors. Price: $7,695*

W.J. Jeffery & Co. – BLNE – Side-by-Side – 28ga 2-3/4″ 28″ CL / IC: W.J. Jeffery & Co – BLNE – 28ga 2-3/4″ 28″ CL / IC (.548 – .000 / .006), LOP 14-3/4″, Drop 1-1/2″ to 2″, Cast Off, Weight 5 lbs. 8 oz. Nice Tight Gun. Excellent Bores. Price: $5,450*

GRIFFIN & HOWE ARRIETA SIDELOCK ROUND BODY GAME GUN 20GA: Gun is in very good condition with some light handling marks. Model: Round Body Game Gun Caliber Info: 20 Gauge Ejectors: Yes Condition: Preowned Metal Condition: Very Good Barrels: 28 Action: Sidelock Triggers: Double Gauge: 20 Gauge Stock Comb: 1 1/2″ Stock Heel: 2 1/8″ Stock Cast: Off Fore End: Checkered LOP: 14 3/8″ Rib: Flat Matte Weight: 6.250000 Chokes: SK/M Case: No. Price: $4,200*

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May 2, 2021 by Gregg

Piotti 28 gauge BSEE model boxlock ejector side by side: Action: Boxlock ejector, Triggers: Double, Safety: Non-Automatic, Barrel Length: 29 1/2 inches, Chamber: 2 3/4 inch, Rib: Game Concaved, Chokes: Right : 1/4 Left : Tight 1/4. Stock Length: 14 1/2 inch, Grip: Classic Straight hand, Butt End Finish: 1/2 inch recoil pad, Forend: Game style. Engraving: Fine Decorative Scroll, Finish: Case Colour, Weight: 5 lbs – 13 oz, Case: Makers Leather Case, Date of Manufacture: 2008. Price: $19,995

A. H. FOX XE SxS 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN: #224XX, PHILLY GUN, 30″ FULL AND FULL 2 3/4, DOUBLE TRIGGER, EJECTORS, SPLINTER FOREARM, PISTOL GRIP, MINT ORIGINAL CONDITION, 7LBS 3 OZ, 2 3/4″ DAH, 1 5/8″ DAC, 14″ LOP. Price: $18,500

W. W. Greener FT-30 Hammerless 8 Gauge Shotgun: Very scarce W.W.Greener FT-30 snap underlever 8 gauge wildfowler S/N 58410 was made in 1911. F is for the Facile Princeps action and T is Greener’s code for an 8 gauge. This gun is super quality and undoubtedly worked on by the same team of gunmakers and engravers that Greener assigned to the G guns(G50-70). According to Graham Greener, this gun, obviously a special order, was started on Sept. 22,1910, and completed March 1, 1911. It has 32″ Sandvik(Swedish) steel barrels Birmingham nitro-proved for 2 1/4 oz. loads with 4″ chambers. Nominal proof is 9/2 and bore diameters are .824. Bores are mint. Gun is tight and on-face and retains almost all of vivid case color and has approx. 50% fine scroll and dogs and birds . Forend has Deeley lever takedown with horn tip. Triggers are gold plated and Greener name is inlaid on both sides of frame.Greener side safety. Serpentine fences are by Gardner, and engraving by Tomlinson, both of whom were on the team that built the top grades. Weight of the gun is 10 lbs. 14 ozs. Stock dimensions as follows; LOP =13 5/8″, DAC= 1 13/16″ DAH= 2 15/16″ with a highly figured straight grip butt stock. Screws are all clean, no rust, barrel blue is original and 98%. Stock has factory horn butt plate with several wormholes. Just a spectacular old gun in great untouched condition. You won’t find another one like it. For the advanced Greener collector. Price: $11,950

Francotte 20E SxS 16 gauge Boxlock Ejector Shotgun: #81889, Barrels: 28 inches, Double Triggers, Stock Comb: 1 1/4 inches, Stock Heel: 2 1/8 inches, Fore End: Splinter, LOP: 14 1/8 inches, Weight: 5 lbs. 12 oz. Price: $5,750

Parker Repro – DHE Steel Shot Special – 12 ga: Action: Boxlock, Ejectors: Yes, Trigger: Double, Grip: Straight Grip, Forend: Checkered, Lop: 15 1/4 “, Pad thickness: 1.25 “, Type of butt: Leather Covered Pad, Drop comb: 1 3/8 “, Drop heel: 2 1/4 “, Cast amount: 0 “, Weight: 7 lbs, 5 oz, Manufactured in: Japan, Finish: Case Colored, Overall condition: Very Good, Stock condition: Very Good, Metal condition: Very Good, Stock: Original finish, Metal: Original finish, Type of Case: Leather Luggage Case Gauge: 12 ga. Chamber: 3 “, Length: 28 “, Chokes: IC/M, Rib type: Game. Comments : Gun is in very good condition with some light handling marks, right barrel has a small scratch near the muzzle. Oval is initialed. Price: $5,200

Auction alert: 20g F.LLI Piotti BSEE Lusso …

October 20, 2020 by Gregg

LOT 101: F.LLI Piotti BSEE Lusso 20 Ga Boxlock SxS Shotgun SN: 8059

Here’s your chance to get a deal on a great side-by-side. This 20g Piotti BSEE Lusso is coming up this Saturday at REATA PASS AUCTIONS INC in Humboldt, AZ. The auction begins at 11:00 AM Pacific time.

This gun is built on the Anson & Deeley boxlock action, one of the most reliable — and copied — shotguns designs ever created. Armi F.lli Piotti’s interpretation of it is one of the finest out there. New, BSEEs start at $23,150, and to get one like you see here, you’ll spend at least $30,000.

Here’s the auctioneer’s listing:

LOT 101: F.LLI Piotti BSEE Lusso 20 Ga SN: 8059: Superb quality side-by-side double barrel boxlock shotgun chambered for 2 3/4″ 20 gauge shells, carefully hand crafted in Brescia, Italy circa 1984. Masterfully engraved & signed by noted engraver Maestro Walter Patelli. Imported by William Larkin Moore of Westlake, CA with import information engraved on the underside of the barrel. Configuration: Blued 26″ chopper-lump barrels with fixed improved cylinder/cylinder chokes & matted solid sighting rib, silver bead front sight, automatic ejectors, single trigger, coin finished fancy back receiver featuring exquisite scrolling acanthus engraving with floral highlights, sliding tang safety, knurled top lever, super fine point highly figured black stripe walnut splinter forend with Anson release & inlayed diamond escutcheon, and straight grip shoulder stock with inlayed gold circle escutcheon & leather wrapped recoil pad. Stock dimensions: drop at comb 1 5/16″, drop at heel 1 7/8″, length of pull 14 3/8″ and cast-off approximately 1/4″. Includes a leather wrapped locking trunk case by Nizzoli with factory label and partitioned interior containing a three-piece wood cleaning rod, snap-caps & Fabbri lubricant. The barrels retain approximately 96% of their blued finish showing wear/thinning near the muzzle and scattered handling marks/scratched with no observed finish loss on the receiver. Action is smooth & on-face, the bores are pristine and the oil finished wood stocks are extra fine. Condition in near NRA Excellent. Estimate: $15,000 – $22,500