Est Early 1900's Double barrel shot gun

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Land & Sons double barrel shotgun.

Old - Estimated to be around the early 1900's.

Think it's an antique, it's in fairly good condition.

At this time I have no pictures of it. It's worn on the handle and that's about it.

I know nothing about guns. It's not my gun. My boyfriends step dad is curious to know the value of it.

If anyone can help, that'd be great. I've been trying for three days to figure this out haha.
 
Put it up for sale in the exchange forum, Pick a number and you may get lucky,:)

I have a couple older SXS kinda like you discribed ( and of course the company is no longer) and I paided around $150 to $200,

If you could post pics that would be really helpfull.
 
You might want to post the details in the shotgun forum, I don't have my copy of Boothroyd's Directory handy, but someone there will. It lists all the British gunmakers and the detailof when they were in business.
If you post the details of the markings on the under side of the barrels and the ones on the action it will help out considerably.
Does it have any engraving? An address on the top rib next to the name?
 
Land & Sons may not be British. Remove the fore end, open the gun and remove the barrels, and look on the underside of the barrels and on the action flats. There you will find proof marks. Describe them or take a picture and post it here, and we will be able to tell you more. The proof marks tell all.

Sharptail
 
I couldn't find a reference to Land & Sons in Carders or Boothroyd. I would guess a turn of the 20th century Belgian of some description.
 
art.h said:
hey sharp tail,he calls something on a shot gun a handle and you think he can handle anything more complex than a thing a gobob or a whach a mu call it
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I really hope you're not talking about me, because for one, I'm a female.

And for two, you don't sound worthy of speaking about me. So shut it.

If you can't be helpful, don't be around.
 
Land & Son, I read that as Lang. Anyway, the proof marks will be a good place to start.
 
Anvil said:
Land & Son, I read that as Lang. Anyway, the proof marks will be a good place to start.
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In that era there were a lot of low end Belgian guns made carrying names very similar to top English makers, usually with one or two letters changed. If it's actually a Joseph Lang and Son then it's a gun of some value. If it's a Belgian with a name that's close it's not worth much.
 
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