Kettner | Dogs and Doubles

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February 2, 2020January 31, 2020 by Gregg

Beautiful and rare Parker AHE Grade 12 Bore: Beautiful and high art AHE 12ga gun. Made with 30″ Acme steel barrels, straight stock, and double triggers. The gun features superb engraving with 13 animals engraved in beautiful full coverage scroll. Beautiful buttstock with thick comb. When you study a gun like this, it is easy to see why Parker Bros. sold nearly 250k shotguns in their time in business! Overall the gun is in excellent condition. The stocks have been expertly restored and retain nearly all of their hand rubbed oil finish. Barrels have been expertly restored and retain virtually all of their proper, toned blue. Action retains about 80% case color over the well defined and deep engraving. This is an extremely beautiful gun with a lot of merit. If you have been looking for a fairly priced high grade Parker, look no further. Price: $15,500

A.H. Fox AE SXS Double Trigger Ejectors 16 GA 27-15/16″ barrel: Stock has a few light handling marks but is in Excellent condition. LOP measures 14-1/4″. Drop at the heel measures 2-7/16″ and the comb measures 1-9/16″. Bore is smooth and shiny, looks excellent. The chamber wall thickness measures 5mm. Barrels look great. Both barrels are modified chokes. Gun is in excellent condition and ready for hunting. Price: $4,999.99

Charles Daly Prussian 12 Gauge (Lightweight Model): 28″ Chokes: IC – MOD L.O.P. : 14 1/2″ Drop: 1 1/2″C x 2 1/4″H Weight: 6 lbs 8 oz Ser. #: 11555. Price: $4,950

Ed Kettner 24-gauge SxS: This is a sweet and trim little double. Ketnner made very high quality doubles. It has just been restocked and looks great. The 24 ga.was the European ga. for European woodcock. Serial Number: 2686. Barrels: 281/4 inches. Action: extractor. Triggers: double. Stock Comb: 1 & 1/2. Stock Heel: 2 & 3/8. Stock Cast: 1/4. Fore End: semi BT. Butt Pad: plastic. LOP: 14 & 3/4 inches. Weight: 5 lbs. 7 oz.. Chokes: ic/mod. Minimum Wall Thickness Left: 30 thou. Minimum Wall Thickness Right: 30 thou. Price: $4450.

BERETTA – SxS – – 426E – 20ga 28″ – SST – Ejectors: Raised Solid Rib, Ejectors, Single Selective Trigger, LOP 14-1/4, Drop 1-1/2 to 2-1/2″, Neutral Cast, Weight 6 lbs 4 oz. Metal is Excellent 98+%. Gun is mechanically perfect – very tight with lever well right of center. Wood has been refinished, and the sharp points of the checkering was taken down. Price: $1940

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

January 27, 2019 by Gregg

H. Mahillon – SxS, Full Sidelock Ejector, 16ga, 27 ¾” choked Light Mod/Full: Nicely figured straight grip stock, leather covered pad, splinter forend, double triggers with the front trigger being articulated, automatic ejectors, splinter forend, game rib, full coverage ornamental scroll engraving over a coined finish, gun remains in excellent condition. 6 lbs. 2 oz, 14 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ Price: $9,999

Winchester Model 21 – 16ga – 28” – M/F – Splinter Forend – Pistol Grip – WInchester Red Butt Pad – 14 1/8 X 1 3/8 X 2 7/16 – 6lbs 13ozs: This gun is in fine-fine-fine shape. Nothing to apologize about here… ready for the field. SN: 11852. Price: $7,995

Ed Kettner 24 gauge boxlock SxS shotgun: This is a sweet and trim little double. Kettner made very high-quality doubles. It has just been restocked and looks great. The 24 ga.was the European ga. for European woodcock. Serial Number: 2686, Barrels: 28 1/4 inches, Action: extractor, Triggers: double, Gauge: 24, Stock: Comb: 1 & 1/2″, Heel: 2 & 3/8″, Cast: 1/4, Fore End: semi BT, Butt Pad: plastic, LOP: 14 & 3/4 inches, Rib: concave, Finish: blued and bright, Weight: 5 lbs. 7 oz. Chokes: ic/mod, Minimum Wall Thickness Left: 30 thou., Minimum Wall Thickness Right: 30 thou. Price: $4450

Parker VH 12ga, 1 1/2 frame, SxS Shotgun: Serial Number: 172487 Price: $2,300

.410 – SALVINELLI – AMBERCROMBIE & FITCH – BOXLOCK EXTRACTOR OVER/UNDER – 26″ VENT RIB BARRELS CHOKED CYLINDER/FULL – 3″ CHAMBERS: CASE COLORED ACTION WITH 100% COLORS REMAIN – SEMI PISTOL GRIP SINGLE NON SELECTIVE TRIGGER IN REAR POSITION LOP 13 13/16″ X 1 1/4″ X 1 15/16″ – NEAR NEW CONDITION Price: $1,650.00

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January 14, 2014 by Gregg

Gastinne Renette Matched Pair 12ga. 30"bbls IM/Full Leather Case:Gastinne Renette Matched Pair 12ga. 30"bbls IM/Full Leather Case: — Gastinne Renette Matched Pair 12ga. 30″bbls IM/Full Leather Case

Gastinne Renette Matched Pair 12ga. 30″bbls IM/Full Leather Case: Both guns remain in excellent condition, 2 3/4″ chambers, nitro proof, chokes in both guns IM/Full, rose and scroll engraving, straight grip stocks with checkered butt, double triggers, ejectors and 2 gun leather covered luggage case. Price: $17,650

Winchester Model 21 20 gauge SxS Custom #4 Engraved: 26″ bbls, IC/IM, Solid rib, Factory #4 engraved, English stock, 14 1/4″ to a checkered butt. Price: $16,950

Parker VH 20 gauge SxS Shotgun: Meriden, Ct. s# 231xxx, 20ga.,’O’ frame, ” bbls choked IC/F, DT’s, Ext., 95% bbl. blue, 90% CC. , sharp checkering on fancy stock & forearm, 14 5/8″ LOP over original factory buttplate, 1 1/2″ DAC – 2 5/8″ DAH, 6 lbs. Price: $4,999

KETTNER DRILLING – GREAT CONDITION – HEAVY ENGRAVING: A wonderful pre-war Drilling by Edward Kettner. 12g X 12g X 9.3 x 72. Sensational deep chiseled engraving. 100% Case Colors. Gold barrel bands. Krupp Steel barrels. Nicely figured wood. Fantastic condition. Made in 1935. Bores as original. Shotgun barrels proofed at 13/1 – right is .723 with 8/1000 choke while left is .722 with 34/1000 – a perfect combination. The rifle barrel is 9.3 x 72 for lead bullets only. Chambers as original at 2 9/16″. Barrels length is 26 3/4+”. Manual front flip front sight. Double under bolt with Greener cross bolt. Greener side safety. Gun is perfectly onface. Barrels ring true. Excellent bores. Rifle barrel lock work is hung on the top tang not the floorplate – a very unusual and “high art” configuration. Weight of gun is 7 LBS 5 1/8 OZ. Shipping is $35. Very shootable dimensions follow. LOP 14 7/16″ Drop at Comb – 1 5/16″ Drop at Heel – 1 12/16″. Price: $4,500

Arrieta 28 gauge side by side shotgun: 29″ barrels, double trigger, checkered butt, chokes probably IC/Mod. Originally sold by Dewing’s of Palm Beach Florida who represented it as having upgraded wood and engraving (maker’s name is internal on frame, hence, more room for engraving on side-locks). Price: $4000