I am willing to pay the going market rate for a top notch gun, but I can't seem to find any aside from the odd birmingham trade gun...
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I am willing to pay the going market rate for a top notch gun, but I can't seem to find any aside from the odd birmingham trade gun...
500 listed on GunsInternational, 70 more that are Parker Reproductions. 225 on Gunbroker.
I would expect a good number are overpriced, some are going to be dogs but if you want a Parker, there they are. BTW, I have bought a number of guns in the US so I have experience at this. It's easy.
I would if the exchqnge rate was better.
So for exactly the reason that we operate in a small market for vintage shotguns, I try not to get fixated on a specific brand or maker of gun, although there are a couple I am ultimately after. Instead what drives my purchases are finding finely made guns at reasonable prices, regardless of maker.
If there is a specific model or maker of gun I absolutely must have, that's when I go international. But I try not to.
If there is a specific model or maker of gun I absolutely must have, that's when I go international. But I try not to.
My exact thinking, canvasback. I am always open to fine shotguns (especially for reasonable prices) but I am trying to exhaust every possibility IN Canada before I go OUT, or at least until the dollars start to agree with each other
Canadians are not known for owning fine shotguns if it's cost mots than $400 it's to much put a wad of cash togesther and go to the Calgary gun show and u will find what u want . On that note all old parkes will be short chambers so u will have to have it opened to 23/4" or if it's a referbished gun IT will have been done and that's mot s bad thing Aldo as mentioned u don't really want to shoot loads over 8500-8700 psi I load for my old guns I can also load bismuth don't complain about the cost if u can spend 3-6 k on a gun u can fire $2 cartridges again I would strongly recommend biting the bullet and buying a reproduction . On the coment of Canadians who own high grade shotguns there my be 50 in all of canada
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I don't mean to quibble but there are a lot more than 50 Canadians who own fine shotguns. Hell, I've been in the gunroom at Griffith Island (a spot for one gun per member) and there were over 50 fine English shotguns in that one room. And there are only about 85 members altogether. Just found out an old friend of mine has a Purdey he inherited from his father. Was his grandfathers gun. Doesn't shoot, doesn't hunt, didn't know what he had. And yes, I'm carefully working to liberate it! LOL As a few of you may know, I recently purchased a high grade Lindner made Charles Daly. I can guarantee that the people who sold that gun had no idea what they had. A high grade gun from arguably the best maker of boxlocks, period.
I think what there isn't a lot of are collectors of high grade guns....people scouring the marketplace and looking to buy.
Same here...x2
LOL, Struff, I was just re-reading this post and noted the time it was posted along with the spelling. Were you perhaps already starting to enjoy New Years Eve with a fine scotch (or whatever is your poison of choice)?
