This week's contender for "nice rib"
And while I'm at it, this is mostly likely a Diamond Quality Model 375 (with ejectors) or Model 325 (extractors).
Gun Engraving
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And while I'm at it, this is mostly likely a Diamond Quality Model 375 (with ejectors) or Model 325 (extractors).
Well, it’s all in the eye of the beholder but that Win 21 can hardly get uglier in my opinion. The blued receiver, the garish gold inlay dog. Yuck.
I recently looked at a basic Francotte 28 gauge that had been “upgraded” and was for sale at Pugliese in Duluth. Has been done in the Winchester style….Blued receiver, gold oval circling a flushing grouse. It was hideous. No elegance. Just crass. For the same money I would have preferred the gun in its original state.
What should be evident to people who follow this thread is that the cost of the gun, or it’s desirability among a certain collector group, have little direct connection to beauty and skilled craftsmanship.
It looks almost painterly, if you can say that about etching, smudged and blended, not crosshatched
I like the stylized mallard upfront, sharp image
Of interest wrt that auction lots #’s 196 Win21, 200 Holland, 205 Osborne 20ga, 209 Beretta, and 295 Browning Bss, all seem to have been sold to the same buyer, and those were only the ones that I saved to watch for interest’s sake, who knows could be more.....maybe a retailer picking up inventory, somebody buying back their own stuff because they didn’t like the prices they were fetching, or maybe ........somebody just got excited
Yes, quite interesting. All side by sides---no over unders. And diverse makers from England, Italy, USA, and Japan.Of interest wrt that auction lots #’s 196 Win21, 200 Holland, 205 Osborne 20ga, 209 Beretta, and 295 Browning Bss, all seem to have been sold to the same buyer, and those were only the ones that I saved to watch for interest’s sake, who knows could be more.....maybe a retailer picking up inventory, somebody buying back their own stuff because they didn’t like the prices they were fetching, or maybe ........somebody just got excited
Guess he/she just loves side-by -sides. Hard to argue against that fascination.
Yup.
Gotta retract that ‘bidding against oneself’ comment though, on second thought that’s just weird at these kinds of numbers.
Back to engraving…..hope to get some good pics this weekend at the SxS Classic, some great guns always turn up!
Neat!! Now you gotta let us see the rest of this fine gun.This week's contender for nice looking lever...
Londonshooter
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This percussion 16 bore was in the Switzer auction today. Unknown maker. Very stylish I thought. 
