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September 13, 2020 by Gregg

LePage BL 32 Gauge SxS Shotgun: Serial Number: 13290, Barrels: 27 3/8 inches, Triggers: Double Trigger, Gauge: 32 Gauge, Stock Comb: 1 3/8 inches, Stock Heel: 2 1/4 inches, Fore End: Splinter, LOP: 13 7/8 inches, Weight: 4 lbs. 7 oz. Price: $7,395

BROWNING SUPERPOSED SUPERLIGHT GRADE I 20 ga. Tapered Vent Rib 26-1/2″ Imp. Cyl. & Mod. – Great Condition: Browning Superposed Super Light Grade I 20 ga. 2-3/4″ chambers 26-1/2″ barrels with Tapered Vent Rib. Factory choked Imp. Cyl. & Mod. Straight English style stock with factory butt plate, factory 14-1/4″ length of pull. Small tapered style fore-end and stock are French Walnut with nice grain pattern and color. Metal and wood are factory original with Serial #614XX V70 indicating a 1970 Belgium manufacture. This was the 2nd year of the 20 ga. Super Light model and featured the slim fore-end and the tapered vent rib. Chambers and bores are clean and bright. The opening lever is far to the right and the lock-up is tight as new. This Superposed Super Light is in great condition, it was used very little and has been well cared for. There may be a couple of tiny marks in the wood finish and a very, very small mark in the bluing on the right side of the receiver. These may not even show in the pictures. The price is adjusted to compensate for these very minor issues. Price: $4065

Mortimer & Sons Boxlock 12ga 28″ w/ Ejectors: Gun remains in very good condition; boxlock ejector gun with 2 1/2″ chambers Nitro Proof for 1 1/8 oz, English grip and splinter forend. Price: $2,500

Joseph Winkler – Ferlach – Over Under – 12ga 26″ Ejectors – – Engraved: 1952 – Joseph Winkler – BLE – 12ga, 2-3/4″, 26″ IC / F (.008 / .034) LOP 14-1/8″, Drop 1-1/2″ to 2-3/8″, Neutral Cast, Weight 6 lbs. 10 oz. This is a very SOLID gun. Action tight. Excellent Bores. Price: $2350

LC Smith Field Grade Featherweight 20ga, 28″ Brls., Excellent Condition: For sale is a clean Extractor Featherweight Field Grade LC Smith with nice wood and original color case hardened locks and frame. A 1/2″ Pachmyer Decelerator Pad was professional installed. End of wood to rear of pad is 3/4″. Weight: 6-lbs 8-oz LOP: 14 3/4″ (to front trigger). Drop Comb: 1 3/8″. Drop & Heal: 2 1/2″. Right Bore: .610 Right Choke: .603 (Improved Cylinder) Left Bore: .610 Left Choke: .596 (Modified) Front Trigger: 4-lbs 9-oz Rear Trigger: 5-lbs 9-oz. Barrel Length: 28, Bore Info: 20, Stock Comb: 1 3/8″, Stock Heel: 2 1/2″. LOP: 14 3/4″, Choke Left: IC, Choke Right: Modified. Price: $2,000

Bargain bird gun: 12g Mortimer & Sons boxlock…

July 25, 2017July 23, 2017 by Gregg

Mortimer & Sons Boxlock SxS 12ga 28" w/ Ejectors — Mortimer & Sons Boxlock SxS 12ga 28″ w/ Ejectors

If I had to pick one shotgun for all my shooting, it be a British 12 gauge. And if I wanted to get a great deal, it would be the British 12 gauge you see here.

This boxlock is built an Anson & Deeley action, a solid, time-tested design. The maker — Mortimer — was one of Britain’s older gunmakers. Founded in the 1750s, they merged with John Dickson & Sons in 1938. Judging by the proof marks on this double, it was built between 1925 and 1938. It doesn’t appear to have been used much since then.

Event though its weight isn’t noted, I bet it comes in at 6 1/2 – 6 3/4 lbs, and the stock is probably 14 1/4″ inches long with 2 1/8″ drop at the heel. If the barrels are sound, tight and on the face, and everything else is in order, it’s a great deal (and with a little haggling, I get you could talk the price down to super-fantastic deal).

Mortimer & Sons Boxlock SxS 12ga 28″ w/ Ejectors: Gun remains in very good condition; boxlock ejector gun with 2 1/2″ chambers Nitro Proof for 1 1/8 oz, English grip and splinter forend. Price: $2,500

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February 1, 2015 by Gregg

Abbiatico & Salvinelli Best Quality Side Lock in 28 gauge: With 27″ smooth game rib barrels choked IC&M . Straight grip stock of outstanding light walnut with vivid black streaking in both sides. Matching splinter forend. LOP 14 1/2 over checkered butt. Beautiful and very fine full coverage english scroll engraving signed by master engraver Goldani. Gun is in 98% condition and is cased in it’s original trunk case. Price: $15,995

Mortimer and Sons .450 3 1/4 BPE: This is a original, mechanically sound double rifle, with Jones underlever chambered for the .450 3 1/4″ BPE. It has a 27 3/4″ barrels with full length file cut rib and three rear sight leaves, one fixed at 100,and two folding at 200 and 300 yards. The Henry

Mortimer and Sons .450 3 1/4 BPE Side-by-Side Double Rifle

rifling in both barrels is very good with a teeny bit of pitting in each. There is very generous engraving on the action and lock plates and it is sharp with some color remaining in protected areas. The fore end has a lever style release and across the steel butt plate is written, “charge 120 grains”. The length of pull is 14 5/8″ and it tips the scales at a fraction under 9lbs. The only known defects are a 1/2″ crack in the heal of the stock just in front of the widow’s peak of the buttplate and a one inch sliver missing from the fore end, both of which are pictured and why I’m not asking $7500. The stock has what I believe to be original finish, the checkering is very good, with handling marks comensurate to a rifle this old. Overall, a very nice example of a fine Scottish double rifle. Price: $6,850

Merkel 447SL – Side Lock Ejector – 16ga, 28″, M/F, Raised Solid Rib, English Stock, Checkered Butt, Splinter Forearm: Price: $5,500.

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Merkel-447-SL-16ga-28-English-Stock-Double-Triggers-Side-Lock-Ejector. Merkel - - 447 SL - 16ga - 28" - English Stock, Double Triggers - Side Lock Ejector cfm?gun_id=100524833 — Merkel – – 447 SL – 16ga – 28″ – English Stock, Double Triggers – Side Lock Ejector

1903 LC Smith No. 3 12G SxS Shotgun: Very nice 1903 year manufacture L.C. Smith with chain damascus 30″ barrels. Faint case color. Original factory engraving with grade 3 oval on each sideplate. All original with factory straight stock. Solid gun in very good condition. Lever is in center position. Price: $2250

Rizzini, Omnium Small, 28 Ga. O/U Shotgun:Price: $1,849.98

Manufacturer:	SN: 86XXX
Caliber:	28 Gauge
Chambers:	2 3/4
Metal Condition:	Very good
Wood Condition:	Very good with few handling marks
Bore Condition:	Clean and bright
Barrels:	28″ vent rib
Triggers:	Single
Stock:	Checkered hardwood
Stock Dimensions:	LOP: 14 5/8
Fore End:	Checkered hardwood with schnabel
Butt Pad:	Rizzini ribbed wooden plate
Weight:	5 lbs., 8 oz.
Sights:	Front bead
Chokes:	Screw in tubes
Extras:	Comes with 3 extra choke tubes, tube wrench, hard case and manual.

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January 13, 2013January 13, 2013 by Gregg

Boss and Co., London. Superb pair of light weight 12ga. game guns, ca. 1925 Boss & — Boss and Co., London. Superb pair of light weight 12ga. game guns, ca. 1925. Image courtesy Lewis Drake & Co.

Boss and Co., London. Superb pair of light weight 12ga. game guns, ca. 1925: Exceptionally nice pair of Vintage 12ga. light weight game guns, ordered by an American in 1925. Weight of each gun: 6 Lbs. 6 oz. Stock Dimensions: 14 ½”x 1 3/8”x 2 3/8”. 29” chopper-lump steel barrels with original 2 ½” chambers. Double triggers, ejectors, and automatic safeties. Beautifully figured original straight-grip stocks and splinter forends have been professionally and properly refinished at some point. $75,000

Westley Richards Ovundo 12 ga: 28″ solid rib barrels, 2-5/8″ chambers, choked improved cylinder and improved modified (.011/.022), automatic ejectors. Scroll engraved action features patented sliding top bolting. Westley selective “one trigger” and automatic safe. Stock measures 1-5/8″ comb, 2-1/8″ heel, 14-1/4″ LOP to the rear position trigger. Weighs 6 lbs, 11 oz. A seldom-seen vintage British O/U. Complete in lightweight leather trunk case. $11,950

ENGLISH DOUBLE FLINTLOCK 16 BORE SHOTGUN BY "H. W. MORTIMER, LONDON". — ENGLISH DOUBLE FLINTLOCK 16 BORE SHOTGUN BY “H. W. MORTIMER, LONDON”.

ENGLISH DOUBLE FLINTLOCK 16 BORE SHOTGUN BY “H. W. MORTIMER: 30″ twist steel barrels, flintlocks with platinum toucholes and French cocks. Waterproof pans and roller frizzens. Checkered straight grip stock with skeleton grip extension. LOP: 14″ to it’s engraved steel buttplate. $9950

John MacPherson 2 Inch Light Game Boxlock: 12 bore, 2 ” chambers, 28″ fluid steel barrels Nitro proved at 1 1/8 oz., choked .020 Mod and .027 IM, ejectors, 5 lbs. 12 oz., 14 3/4″ LOP over a red Silvers pad, 1 1/2″ DAC, 2 1/8″ DAH, neutral cast, fine English scroll engraving on action with “John MacPherson & Sons” on both sides, straight grip, splinter forend, double triggers, ejectors, vacant gold oval in stock, Churchill style rib. Circa 1951. A lovely condition gun with much case color and hard to find 28″ barrels on a 2″ chamber gun. Also a bit heavier proof and weight than most 2″ guns. $5999

L.C. Smith Ideal 16E gauge SxS: LOP: 14″ Drop: 2-1/2″ – 1-1/2″ Cast: 0″
Barrel length:28″ Choke: F/M Weight: 6lb11oz A great 1946 Smith that is collector quality, lots of dark color & blue, mirror bores, very tight, super nice! 2-3/4″ chambers, chokes – R)663-021, L)664-029, ser#S10. $2,950.00