Let's see some pic's of your SxS's & O/U's
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Now that's an attractive looking gun!! Was the finish the same (shall we call it 'chocolate-looking') before the refinish? I really like the contrast between the chocolate elements and the gold highlights in the wood and metal. I'm going to have to teach myself how to do that.
Lots of beautiful guns in this thread. I recently acquired my first Parker shotgun in my favourite flavour.
16ga VH small frame…what a delightful gun to carry and shoot.
16ga VH small frame…what a delightful gun to carry and shoot.
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Falconflyer
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Beautiful ASE Gold Reddog, I think the ASE Golds are my favorite Beretta!
Yes it is a 30” there is a 0 and a 1 under the barrel lug so I guess it’s a #1 frame. It is very slender compared to anything else I have ever handled or owned.
It is marked 0 1
Measures 7/8” between the firing pins and 1” center to center so by that I guess it is a 0 frame or smaller.
With a little prompting to post it from Bill in Calgary, here is a gun I picked up last spring. It's a Francotte 28 gauge from circa 1928. I was offered two Francotte 28 gauges but the other was badly in need of a restock, having been cut to 12", so I got my friend Claudio to buy it and I brought this one home. This one is out of Idaho but originally purchased for a resident of upstate New York....just across the lake from me. And the funny thing is the seller, who lives in a very small town in Idaho, knew my great aunt. What a coincidence!
This gun has 26" barrels, choked mod and full, a 14 1/2" LOP and weighs in at 4 pounds 11 oz. It was switched to a single trigger many decades ago but I got the original hardware as part of the deal. May switch back. I haven't yet decided. The owner used it for chukar hunting. Seems like a perfect woodcock and ruffed grouse gun here. So far I have done nothing but shoot it. This is as I received it.
Please ignore the extraordinarily rare Lindner Daly 20 gauge in a couple of the pics.
This gun has 26" barrels, choked mod and full, a 14 1/2" LOP and weighs in at 4 pounds 11 oz. It was switched to a single trigger many decades ago but I got the original hardware as part of the deal. May switch back. I haven't yet decided. The owner used it for chukar hunting. Seems like a perfect woodcock and ruffed grouse gun here. So far I have done nothing but shoot it. This is as I received it.
Please ignore the extraordinarily rare Lindner Daly 20 gauge in a couple of the pics.
leveractionjunkie
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James that Francotte would be an absolute treat to carry in chukar country! It managed to survive in very nice shape considering how frequently the average chukar hunter falls on rocks. I suspect it would be a very nice woodcock and grouse wand as well. Congratulations on the find.
Yes, despite having obviously been well used, it displays few of the gouges, dents, cracks, and stains that are so common on vintage pieces and those that didn’t sit on the shelf in particular. A complete refinish would reveal the gem that it is, IMHO. Light and lively, it would be a joy to carry for an old FUDD like me!
Same owner for 45 years and has been passed down in her family. The 20-30 years before she and her husband moved to Idaho, the guns had not been used. She used the short stock one and her husband used the one I kept. They had complete service records for anything they had done to all three guns, including the Daly. I think that goes a long way to explaining condition. They hunted, but they were meticulous about caring fir them as well.
the spank
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With a little prompting to post it from Bill in Calgary, here is a gun I picked up last spring. It's a Francotte 28 gauge from circa 1928. I was offered two Francotte 28 gauges but the other was badly in need of a restock, having been cut to 12", so I got my friend Claudio to buy it and I brought this one home. This one is out of Idaho but originally purchased for a resident of upstate New York....just across the lake from me. And the funny thing is the seller, who lives in a very small town in Idaho, knew my great aunt. What a coincidence!
This gun has 26" barrels, choked mod and full, a 14 1/2" LOP and weighs in at 4 pounds 11 oz. It was switched to a single trigger many decades ago but I got the original hardware as part of the deal. May switch back. I haven't yet decided. The owner used it for chukar hunting. Seems like a perfect woodcock and ruffed grouse gun here. So far I have done nothing but shoot it. This is as I received it.
Please ignore the extraordinarily rare Lindner Daly 20 gauge in a couple of the pics.
With so many guns I don't know how you decide which to take on any given day?! I reduced the herd to one field gun that doubles as my skeet gun and two trap guns, well three now as I just bought another. Now I'll be confused again when heading to the club...
Bill, it's got 2 1/2" chambers. In this era of short supply, beggars can't really be choosers. I have managed, since I bought the gun, to pick up three flats of Gamebore 2 1/2" 9/16 loads. So that's what I have been using. Plenty enough wallop from those with such a light gun but that's when I'm shooting a box or two at the range. This one has not gone afield with me yet but I suspect that when I'm trying to catch up to a rapidly disappearing ruffed grouse, I won't notice recoil in the slightest.
And Spank, I know this may sound ridiculous but that's one of the fun parts now of going hunting. Deciding which to take. I spent 25 years or more only hunting with a Wingmaster 12 ga and sometimes with a M12 in 16 gauge. But mostly, my aim in the assortment is to have a specific gun for a specific hunting situation. So if I am hunting WC or ruffed grouse in Ontario, I'm down to a choice from among 3-4 guns. A mostly different 3-4 guns for early season sharptail and hungarians over pointing dogs out west. And a third small group for pheasant and late season sharpies. And we aren't talking waterfowl yet. Obviously there is some crossover but I have quite an array of different weights, barrels lengths and chokes. And part of what I'm looking for when looking at a potential acquisition is whether it fills an empty hole, or is it just duplication what I've already got. If it's duplication, then I have to consider whether I'm upgrading or not. I have passed on a good number of very nice guns because I already had that particular slot filled with something better. It's a great way to justify why having 20 or so vintage SxS makes total sense.
And Spank, I know this may sound ridiculous but that's one of the fun parts now of going hunting. Deciding which to take. I spent 25 years or more only hunting with a Wingmaster 12 ga and sometimes with a M12 in 16 gauge. But mostly, my aim in the assortment is to have a specific gun for a specific hunting situation. So if I am hunting WC or ruffed grouse in Ontario, I'm down to a choice from among 3-4 guns. A mostly different 3-4 guns for early season sharptail and hungarians over pointing dogs out west. And a third small group for pheasant and late season sharpies. And we aren't talking waterfowl yet. Obviously there is some crossover but I have quite an array of different weights, barrels lengths and chokes. And part of what I'm looking for when looking at a potential acquisition is whether it fills an empty hole, or is it just duplication what I've already got. If it's duplication, then I have to consider whether I'm upgrading or not. I have passed on a good number of very nice guns because I already had that particular slot filled with something better. It's a great way to justify why having 20 or so vintage SxS makes total sense.
In the not too distant future it is likely to get a complete redo of all finishes.
I to have been trying (failing miserably) to thin the herd but some cannot be sold sentimental ,first love etc.I do enjoy picking my "gun for the day" though it seems to be a smaller gauge than it used to be. My 10g is gone but that was always an exercise in punishment.
