7th Annual Upper Canada Double Gun Classic

This is just spectacular!
364 days to go :( and counting…
Congratulations to all, kudos to the organizers and so envious of those who were able to attend!
 
A big thanks to the organizers for this very enjoyable event, and to our host, the Oshawa Gun Club, and a hearty congratulations to all the winners!

A great day for eye candy, interesting conversations, and meeting up with friends, old and new. There were sweet guns on display, to be sure.

I brought 15 pin-fires to the event this year, a selection that included fine pieces from Purdey, Boss, Holland, Rigby, Pape, Westley Richards, Dougall, Greener, Paton, Parker Field, and others. Now I have to start planning on how to top that for next year, to keep things interesting.

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It was a fantastic day.
Great to see everyone and all of the fine guns.
Top notch camaraderie to be sure.
Nevertheless I still wish there was more time to appreciate the guns.
You could spend hours enjoying the details of any one of these remarkable firearms....

Here's a link to my IMGUR post/folder with pics, make sure you select 'load more pics' for all 49:
https://imgur.com/a/HGxQbXQ
I'll post them up to the forum now as well.
 
The Greener 4 Bore was nuts!
The trophy looks Great guys btw!

Kudos to our American Double Gun brethren Brian for making the trip, and hope to see him again next year.
And for Doug and his brother for travelling all the way from the Capital.
I believe someone came from up in Pembroke too, as well as those from way over in London.
And of course Chris Dawe as well travelling all the way from Nfld, who complained it was too hot!! LOl
Check out Chris' action shots, the first 3 from bird acquisition to mount to break, and the last one where you can see the wad and shot column just in front of the clay.

Congratulations Doug (Ol Flinter) for your 23 skeet score. There were a few other good shooters very close to that as well.
Personally I shoot a round of skeet which for me serves as some sort of Annual Penance - I am required to stand present and in front of everyone maintaining a calm and humble composure while the guns get nicer and the shooting remains shamefully medicore.
Fortunately this year a couple of us were able to get a round of sporting clays in and I was able to prove to them that I can in fact hit a target :)

Thanks James (Canvasback) for leading the charge and making this happen. And also to Alvaro (1963beretta - aka the new committee Chairman?? Is there to be a vote??) for running the skeet fields.

Look forward to next year!
 
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What an incredible event. I've never seen so many doubles. Being 1000's of miles away removes temptation, but then again, maybe not.
Congratulations to everyone for making this happen.
Bill
 
It was a really fun day and well worth the drive from Ottawa! So many folks with a common interest and the artwork on the guns was truly mind bogling! Was I the only one shooting black powder shotshells ( 2 1/2 drams/1 oz of 7 1/2 shot) on the skeet field? Sure hoping to attend again next year! Many thanks to the organizers!!!
 
canvasback said:
Well another one in the books. The 7th annual Double Gun Classic came of yesterday without a hitch. Although we missed a few stalwarts (Steve, Derek, Adam and Bry, I'm talking to you) it was extremely well attended by both double gun enthusiasts and by fine double guns. The weather was almost perfect, the club helped us by adding 6 new picnic tables (all got filled with guns) and we had a brand new attendee with the coveted Gun of the Year award.

Here is John (WR1894) with his WW Greener 4 bore, a stunning behemoth that won the Gun of the Year award in a landslide. It was a jaw dropper for anyone who saw it and especially anyone who picked it up. Congratulations John. And technically John is the first actual recipient of the Gun of the Year Trophy, thanks to the incredible workmanship of Chris Dawe in creating it and a large group of vintage enthusiast who funded it's creation.



Additionally we have Raymund, who won the informal "Lightest 12 gauge challenge" with a Verney Carron O/U that weighed in at 5.8 pounds.



Additionally we had Doug "Ol Flinter" win the high score on the skeet field with a competent score of 23 and Chris Dawe walked away with the prize for "traveled the longest distance" although Brian from Houston TX is filing an appeal.
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Sorry I missed it. The 4 bore was surely intended to work as a punt gun, or were there giants in the old days?
 
BTW, when the trophy was first posted, I was trying to come up with suggestions of what to name it. One obvious name, the best I think, would be "The Canvasback Cup" but another would something like "The Silver Ewer Of Infinite Desire," 'ewer' being the fanciest word I can come up with to describe the silver jug, you see. Or it could be named after the man who tried to fire that 4 bore freehand and was killed doing it...
 
That Greener 4 was built to be shot offhand 100%. If fixed to something rigid as a punt gun would be, then the stock would shatter. Likely on the first shot. The purpose was to kill multiple waterfowl with each shot - not that ducks or geese were bigger back then. There were larger flocks generally speaking though.
 
I had it to shoulder it wasn't really that bad ,you could swing it ...it's substantially heavier than anything you can relate to, but it does not feel uncomfortable
 
That big 4 bore Greener double was definitely intended to be shot from the shoulder like your gun today. Fours were more commonly made as single barrelled guns, it would be interesting to know how many 4 gauge doubles Greener made, very few for sure. It’s a quality gun by a fine maker, it will be as nicely balanced as their 12’ves and while ponderously heavy it will swing sweet and true if you put some effort into it. A smooth swing and follow through should be pretty much guaranteed. When this gun was made waterfowl was plentiful and were worth serious coin to a successful hunter, no limits or seasons and the bigger the bag the better. Flocks on the water were preferred and in some instances BOTH barrels were discharged at the same time at a sitting flock. Wing shots were sometimes taken at flocks or larger more valuable birds like geese or swans. And the men of the day who were regularly shooting waterfowl were a strong sturdy bunch much like the farmers and ranchers today, not soft handed office workers. I would love to try this marvellous gun on trap ( handicap).
 
There was also a time when 4s and 2s were loaded with a round ball for big, dangerous game as in Africa and given the thickness of those tubes, I thought it to be smooth bore "rifle" rather than a shotgun. Just a thought...
 
cjdawe said:
I had it to shoulder it wasn't really that bad ,you could swing it ...it's substantially heavier than anything you can relate to, but it does not feel uncomfortable
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I agree. While heavy (about 18lbs if I remember correctly) it shouldered quite nice for me. Definitely a gun made to be shot from the shoulder.
 
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