What can you tell me about "Goro"?

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Heya all,

I'm likely to buy a shotgun tomorrow...

"Goro" from Spain
12ga
Full/Modified double-barreled break-open
Gun shop owner chambered 3" no problem.

I'm having trouble finding much out about this shotgun. Do any of you have more information?

Thanks!
 
I would suspect this gun is a Gorosabel. There were some imported under the name "Goro" as I recall. To confirm this look on the action flat for the letters P. G.-L. G. which was the Gorosabel maker's mark.

On the underneath of the barrrels toward the back there should be a gauge/chamber marking. The second letter is the chamber length in milimetres so 12/70 means it's 2-3/4" while 12/76 is a 3" chamber.

The gun should also have a date code on it indicating when it was made. For a list of these and other proof and maker's marks follow this link. If it's not a Gorosabel then this may help you find who made the gun.

http://personales.jet.es/rafa/b_punzones_larga_lisa.html

FWIW, Gorosabel along with several other Spanish gun makers were folded into a company called DIARM in the 80's. It was the Spanish government's attempt to consolidate independent makers. If you know the Basques this would make herding cats look appealing. DIARM failed spectacularly and Gorosabel was no more.
 
Kickstart70 said:
Gun shop owner chambered 3" no problem.
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Now there is a scary quote! A new shooter can be forgiven for not knowing that a loaded 3" shell will ALWAYS chamber in a 2-3/4" chamber, but a gunshop owner who uses this as "proof" of a 3" chamber is scamming you.

Adequate chamber length is necessary to allow the crimp on a 3" shell to fully open without squeezing the shot through a restriction at the forcing cone and thus raising pressures to dangerous levels. - and a 3" chamber length cannot be "felt" by inserting a fired shell either. The mouth of a fired 3" shell is not stiff enough to reliably feel the forcing cone of a 2-3/4" chamber.

If the proof marks do not show the chamber length, proper chamber gauges are required. As previously mentioned, proof marks on European guns show chamber length in millimeters.
 
iceman2 said:
Google is your friend.
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That was a bit unnecessary. I searched a lot and came up with very little, as you would find if you searched yourself. That's why I came here, where it seems usually people are quite helpful.

Claybuster's help in telling me this is likely short for Gorosabel was extremely valuable, and it appears quite difficult to find that piece of information otherwise.

Thanks to all who are helpful!
 
iceman2 said:
Google is your friend.
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Keep the snide crap to yourself. Last time I checked this was a forum about firearms (Among other things of course) and it wasn't a world wide search engine. He is a new member and you don't have to be a bully.

Make sure you check the data stamps properly before purchasing this shotgun, and I find it kind of funny the shop owner "chambered" a round in his store? Maybe I'm misunderstanding of course.
 
I wasn't beeing a bully, it was just a simple suggestion. Sometimes people don't think to try google for odd firearm information.
 
iceman2 said:
I wasn't beeing a bully, it was just a simple suggestion. Sometimes people don't think to try google for odd firearm information.
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Did you try it? "Goro" gets you results on a Mortal Kombat character. "Goro shotgun" gets you links to one thread on Shotgun World, a link to Doublegunshop.com that doesn't work, an Answer.com result that has no info and that's about it.

So before you lip off with some smartass advice about "Google being your friend" you might want to give it a try to see if that is true.
 
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