Gun Engraving
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VERY nice. Kind of a meld of scroll and black leaf.....sort of. LOVE IT!!.
Very unusual, very attractive engraving. Had one of these once, a beautiful, sleek, terrific handling little 16 with the most miserable safety ever concieved. This one appears to have solved that shortcoming by having no safety at all! Note the nearly invisibly fitted hinged front trigger. Gorgeous gun!
Ashcroft. mine is basically one grade level below that one. I;d say mine has nicer wood. LOL. But having owned a bunch, and I love them, I'm convinced it's the safety that means they aren't spoken of in the same way a Dickson is. Incredibly innovative, simple, strong design. Fantastic to carry. Wonderful to shoot. I used to meet up every year in Nebraska with a fellow Ideal aficionado. It would be just the two of us hunting. By mutual agreement, we just didn't bother with the safeties.
Note that it’s not the action that has the sideclips……it’s the barrels.
That's quite the gun, CB. I've never owned a Manufrance and have only seen a few. Didn't realize they made such high grade guns. I said something similar years ago about Remington side-by-sides---think its the model 1894---do you still have one or two in your collection?
Bill, I still have an unrestored Rem 1900 but got an offer on my restocked 1894 B grade I couldn’t refuse. However, I doubt I’m done with Remington 1894. My record is that I have bought every B grade I have seen for sale in Canada. I just don’t see many. Actually keeping my eye out for the right B or C grade while regularly kicking myself for not buying the EE grade 16 when I had the chance. One of 7! Grrrrr!
One of the ways you can tell if someone who doesn't know what they are doing has tried to take the gun apart, is the top tang inletting will get shredded. And by "knows what they are doing" I don't mean a competent sxs smith, I mean someone who knows exactly how to disassemble an Ideal. There are instructions available and each gun came with instructions and a specific little tool to aid in the procedure. Most Ideals i see for sale in Canada (very few) or the US (a few more) have the top tang inletted cracked off. Buyer beware.
sillymike
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Good to know!
Can't really say I've seen that many Ideal for sale... as in, 1x at Dante... and that's about it...
And while I need another shotgun like a kick in the butt, next on the wish list would be 25.5" barrel Darne.
- But a little more conventional than this one
- Engraved by Geoffroy Gournet
Can't really say I've seen that many Ideal for sale... as in, 1x at Dante... and that's about it...
And while I need another shotgun like a kick in the butt, next on the wish list would be 25.5" barrel Darne.
- But a little more conventional than this one
- Engraved by Geoffroy Gournet
the spank
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Good to know!
Can't really say I've seen that many Ideal for sale... as in, 1x at Dante... and that's about it...
And while I need another shotgun like a kick in the butt, next on the wish list would be 25.5" barrel Darne.
- But a little more conventional than this one
- Engraved by Geoffroy Gournet
That has no curb appeal in my books.
sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I have to agree that it's not something that I'd usually be attracted to... But I'd still be curious to have a closer look it... or better yet, I'd be all giddy to walk the woods with it chasing birds!
But yeah, I usually prefer their floral designs
But yeah, I usually prefer their floral designs
I have to agree that it's not something that I'd usually be attracted to... But I'd still be curious to have a closer look it... or better yet, I'd be all giddy to walk the woods with it chasing birds!
But yeah, I usually prefer their floral designs
Being picky here.had a Charlin (nearly identical to the Darne only with ball bearings on the slide), beautifully made and balanced but for me it was uncomfortable to use in the field, I prefer a gun that breaks open like a conventional double. I tried hard to love it but no go. To me the French have made some beautiful and innovative rifles, pistols and shotguns , but weird and frequently counter intuitive to use. And on a gun of this obvious quality I hate to see the monoblock seam on the barrels, looks like a low quality sleeving job. Love the engraving on both though.
In case you're bored and have nothing to look at (or fantasize about) this weekend
-Purdey No. 86 – 16-Bore Double Barrelled Flintlock Gun
Looks unused, new! The quality of all aspects of craftsmanship in this 200 year old gun has never been surpassed and never will be. Magnificent!
Licensed to kill
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- Peace Country Alberta
It just does NOT get any better than that. Of course I am a flintlock guy and a double flint addict. Truely spectacular. When I was a little kid in the 60's, I was always looking through my Dads "Gun Digest" books and came across a picture of a double flint made for Napoleon by Nickolas Boutet that was ornate in the extreme (typical of Boutet's work) that had me drooling on the pages. I have that boo around here somewhere and looked up that picture again perhaps 20 years ago. It is indeed spectacular but my tastes have changed and while the quality of the workmanship can not be denied, to my more mature eye, it comes across a bit gaudy. This Purdey is, to my eye perfect.In case you're bored and have nothing to look at (or fantasize about) this weekend
-Purdey No. 86 – 16-Bore Double Barrelled Flintlock Gun
Licensed to kill
CGN Regular
- Location
- Peace Country Alberta
Agreed. While it HAS seen a few hammer falls, evidenced by the scrapes on the frizzens, it appears VERY few and probably only test fired before delivery.
