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See this week’s 5 doubles you don’t want to miss …

February 5, 2023 by Gregg

Parker CHE 28 Gauge SxS Double Barrel Shotgun: Manufacturer: Parker Model: CHE 28 Gauge Serial Number: 189065 Ejectors: Yes Barrels: 28 inches Action: SE Triggers: Double Trigger Gauge: 28 Gauge Stock Comb: 1.5 inches Stock Heel: 2.25 inches Fore End: Splinter LOP: 14.25 inches Weight: 5 lbs. 8 oz. Price: $59,500*

Zoli Pernice OU 2 barrel set 20ga/28ga 29 1/2″ (945) PSA East: Pre-owned, in very good condition, Zoli Pernice 2bbl set 20ga/28ga combo. Features factory flush choke tube 29 1/2″ barrels with thin game ribs. Engraved receiver featuring scroll engraving pattern with removable selectable trigger. Outstanding right handed Field stock and with Round forend. Comes in factory 2 barrel case. Price: $8,495*

AYA Aguirre y Aranzabal, 28 gauge, SxS, sidelock, 29″ barrel, New in box:
New AYA Aguirre y Aranzabal 28 gauge, 29″, SK/IC side by side shotgun. purchased new in 2010, maintained in a soft case, not fired, lightly oiled occasionally. Will provide additional photos, info, etc. upon request. Looking to get $8000 or acceptable offer. Buyer responsible for shipping/insurance. Measurements: Length to heel: 15″ Length to center of butt: 15″ Length to toe: 15.5″ Bend (drop) to comb: 1.5″ Bend (drop) to heel: 2.5″ Price: $8,000

Rizzini Aurum Light Field Shotgun | 20GA 28″ | SN#:124782 | Italian | OU: The Aurum Light model is Rizzini’s best-selling field over-under shotgun, with an incredibly light gun overall. The receiver is incredibly detailed with a game scene along the side and lovely patterned engraving along the bottom. Gauge: 20GA Barrel Length: 28″ Barrel Weight: 1240g Bore Diameter: 16.0 Chamber: 3″ Chokes: 5 Flush Nickel-Coated Chokes Rib: 6mm Vented Stock Dimensions Drop at Nose: 1 1/2″ Drop at Heel: 2 1/4″ Cast: RH Length of Pull: 14 5/8″ Forend Style: Rounded Comb: Fixed Weight: 5lb 11.7oz Warranty: Limited Lifetime Price: $3,964*

BROWNING – BSS – 30″ Bbls – SxS – Ready for Clay Targets: 1976 – Browning – B S/S – 12ga, 3″, 30″, M / F (.020 / .035), Ejectors, Mechanical Single Non-Selective Trigger, LOP 14-5/8″ over a 5/8″ pad, Drop 1-1/2″ to 2-1/8″, Neutral Cast, Weight – 8 lbs. 0 oz. Excellent Condition – 98%! Tight gun that doesn’t appear to have been shot a great deal. Previous owner started to make a Clay Target Gun out of it. Cut the stock just enough to straighten it for a pad – 14″ LOP to edge of the wood. Disabled the auto-safety. Safety works, but doesn’t automatically engage upon opening. All you have to do is put Briley chokes in it! Price: $1,950*

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Introducing Lisa Tomlin, Gun Engraver…

October 12, 2012 by Gregg

Engraving is one of those things that can make or break a shotgun. When it’s done right, it add to a double’s overall elegance, and pushes it to the level of a real Best gun.

Tomlin working on her latest project. Pic by Stacey Van Berkel

Lisa Tomlin is an engraver who is a master engraver who’s an expert at doing it right. She started engraving in 1983 when she was hired by Ken Hurst. Eventually she went out on her own, working on custom knives and then firearms.

Today, she has engraved firearms for everyone from former President George H.W. Bush and General Normal Schwarzkopf to movie director/screen writer John Milius.

You can read more about her in the latest issue of Garden & Gun magazine:

One of the Country’s Finest Gun Engravers

“Constrained by trigger and bolt and breech, the gun engraver’s canvas is hardly the size of a playing card. A few square inches with possibly another stamp-size space or two. That’s where she is asked to express the surprise flush of a pheasant, the quiver of a pointing dog’s flank, the thunder of an elephant scenting danger…”

Read the entire article here.

You can see some photos of Lisa Tomlin’s work here and here.

Bringing back the bobwhites…

July 28, 2012 by Gregg

Here’s a good read from Garden & Gun about restoring wild quail populations in South Carolina. It’s good to read that people are doing this.

Tall Timbers: In Search of the Wild Flush

“David Douglas is an unbeliever, and an unapologetic heretic, at that. A builder, a bird hunter, a man in love with the South Carolina Lowcountry, he simply rejects the gospel widely held across the South that the age of wild bobwhite quail is past. That it is no longer feasible to have wild quail on private lands in numbers worth chasing with a bird dog and a scattergun. That farming changes, urbanization, increases in predator numbers, fire ants, pine plantations, and any of a litany of other modern quandaries have so diminished the prospects of Gentleman Bob that quail coveys and quail hunting and the sunrise whistles of a bobwhite brood are destined for relict status—available for occasional enjoyment, but nothing to fashion a farm, or a lifestyle, around” Read the rest of the article here.

Also, check out these photos from the story.

Going place with dogs and Rick Bass…

June 13, 2011June 11, 2011 by Gregg

Back before I sold my soul to the world of advertising, I aspired to be a real writer. While I was laboring away on short stories and reading small-print literary journals, I came across a short story by a new writer names Rick Bass.

After I found figured out that “real writer” means “real poor” for most people who make their living with a pen, I moved on to commercial work. But I always kept up with Rick’s work, and I’ve always admired it. This short piece from the recent issue of Garden & Gun magazine is the reason why. It’s about dogs, a dream, and a whole lot more. It’s worth checking out and I hope you enjoy it.