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More pictures and information on the Moore and Grey hammer ejector. The Perkes Patent ejector was patented in 1878 and was the first version of what we now know as the Southgate ejector. Note the bolstered fences on the action, I've never seen this before. Good idea, it would serve to strengthen an area that has minimal metal in a bar in wood gun. Looks great , too. Not obvious from the photos, the grip area has a slight diamond shaped profile, very nice to handle. Also, it has a gold name plate with a crest that looks like a bird (albatross?) holding a branch in it's beak while perched on the rim of a tankard. I haven't tracked this down for sure yet and it's very hard to get a decent picture of it because it's so shiny. Unfortunately my photographic skills haven't yet caught up to my desires so I apologize for the quality, I'm trying! This is another fine gun for which I'm trying to find a suitable case, no luck so far. This is another of those best guns by makers who were famous for their best guns in the 1800's but have now mostly been forgotten. The outstanding workmanship of these long gone and unknown master craftsmen has never been surpassed in my opinion. Londonshooter has seen most of these pictures which were taken before the cleaning and has extracted my promise to give him first right of refusal when it's time for me to part with it. Not yet John, maybe next month, or next year or......
 
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Thanks for the appreciation and admiration for this beautiful gun guys, I feel privileged and humbled to be the keeper and protector for awhile ( we never really own them, we are just caretakers for awhile). This is about as close to nirvana as it gets for me, I much prefer a well kept vintage gun to have a high percentage of original finish than one that has been sanded, buffed, polished, refinished and made to look somewhat like new. I fully understand and appreciate a beautifully restored gun but for me you can only be original once.
 
Good god you gentlemen have posted some beautiful guns lately. What fun it must be to take them out and shoot them as they were meant to be shot.
 
Londonshooter, love your high grade Greener, I have a friend that collects Greeners and he would drool over yours. Greener hammer guns show up occasionally with the rib engraved "The Trap Gun", they are a little heavier than yours and still pound the clays like a thoroughbred.
 
Thanks, Ashcroft. I had it out for 5-stand on Sunday but cut the outing short because was piercing primers with left firing pin about half the time. For one thing I need to switch to Winchester primers from Cheddite - at least for my hammer guns. In this case though will have to trim/re-profile that firing pin before shooting it again.
JB
 
Sorry this is not a double barreled gun but i believe is interesting

Made by D Wales Regent St Yarmouth
The barrel is 42 1/2 inches long and london proofed also mark not for ball so i beleive proofed between 1875 and 1887
Barrel is marked 6B and 7M so 6 bore with a 7 bore muzzle
Have not go the measuements of the chamber done as of yet but it looks like it might be 4 bore for paper shells
The forend release is marked W Anson Patent and # 7819 which i believe is the patent use number
Over all the gun is in very good condition and have a bright bore
Sorry for the picture quailty, but here are some pictures and the colours of the action and damacus in the barrel is lot brighter then the pictures show

The gun above it is a 10 gauge with 30 inch barrels for comparison,

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No hammers on this one Londonshooter and Pinfire, but I think you will like it anyway.
Westley Richards Best Quality 12 gauge cased two barrel set with deluxe checkering, fancy back shaped action, WR patent triple bite action, ejectors, 'one trigger' and hand detachable locks. Made in 1924 with 30" barrels, a second set of 28" barrels was added by Westley Richards in 1934 and were subsequently rechambered to 2 3/4" and fitted with Briley thin wall choke tubes. The bores in both sets remain pristine and in original proof dimensions. The beautiful custom case by Jekyll and Hide, London, New York, Paris and Johanisburgh was likely added at this time. The gun was the long time possession of J Harold Crang, a Toronto financier and Holstein cattle breeder. In 1956 Mr Crang broke 1000 clays in 47 minutes and 53 seconds, a verified record that still stands today. He used three guns and had two loaders serving him and stopped only once about half way through for a glass of champagne! Sounds like my kind of guy. It is not known if this was one of the guns used.
 
Further pictures of the Westley Richards detachable lock ( not 'drop lock', you wouldn't want to drop them!) two barrel set. A detachable lock Westley was my holy grail for many years and I passed on many before I found this one. At the time that I bought it about ten years ago I had located about 8 detachable lock Westleys, three of them two barrel sets, and all available in Canada at the same time. Try to find one now, I know of only two available! It fits perfectly, I shoot it well and I shoot it often.
 
Those detachable locks are quite remarkable, Ashcroft, I’ve never seen these in the flesh. A very beautiful gun indeed.

In cases such as this one, I’ll overlook the lack of proper hammers!
 
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