Congratulations on the Horton, I’m glad it was picked up by someone who appreciates such things. I was sorely tempted to bid on that one, having had something similar in the past. A truly beautiful gun, and a bargain.
Lets see them single shots
- Thread starter brybenn
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Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Beautiful. I wonder if it was a specimen-collector with that rear sight? One was at auction not long after yours was on EE and had identical barrel style with British address but Liege-proofed barrel.
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
A 20g Cooey doing what it was born to do
Great picture!
- Location
- West coast of Vancouver Island
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Well this 12g Cooey 84 followed me home yesterday, it has a 30” full choked barrel and it came with an extra 19” cut down barrel. Had wanted to find one that I could turn into a shorter slug barrel and this fit the bill perfect, stock had been refinished and a recoil pad added by my friend who was the original owner. Pretty happy to find one with an extra short barrel, I didn’t want to cut a perfectly good original barrel up to be honest.
What a nice light handling 12g, can’t wait to see how it patterns. Looks like the short barrel has plenty of meat at the muzzle to have it threaded for chokes and I’ll be silver soldering some express style rifle sights for shooting slugs.
What a nice light handling 12g, can’t wait to see how it patterns. Looks like the short barrel has plenty of meat at the muzzle to have it threaded for chokes and I’ll be silver soldering some express style rifle sights for shooting slugs.
K95 Single Shot - but a few more as well
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This is a Blaser K95 Black Edition in 6.5x55 with a Swarovski 1x6 Z6i on top. The stock was custom ordered and took over a year to arrive from Germany. It was a long wait.
The mule deer was one of a matching pair I was glassing at 500 yards when I first saw them. This hunt was on foot. About 45 minutes later I had maneuvered to under 300 yards (my memory is not so good anymore).
Dropped all my gear at the base of a rise and crawled on my belly for a few minutes and got into a prone position for the shot. I was out of breath and the cross hairs were bouncing all over the place.
I remember giggling trying to choose which buck to take. Never happened in my life before (or after). First shot hit him, but both bucks just stood there. The lucky one kept feeding. The other one just stood there not moving.
You always dream of taking that perfect shot with a single shot rifle (I've taken a few), but this one wasn't good. The buck disappeared into bush and then I got up, the other buck bolted, and I went in after the other.
After a few minutes I saw him standing in the bush having difficulty breathing (seem as I was...). Hit him again, and he started walking another 50 yds out into the open, but he just stood there.
Hit him again (WTF?) and he walked away behind another bush. I walked directly to him this time. No way he could go far now (I was hoping, not entirely convinced at this point, that I had been using blanks in the gun).
Found him a minute or two later, laying down and dead.
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This is a Blaser K95 Black Edition in 6.5x55 with a Swarovski 1x6 Z6i on top. The stock was custom ordered and took over a year to arrive from Germany. It was a long wait.
The mule deer was one of a matching pair I was glassing at 500 yards when I first saw them. This hunt was on foot. About 45 minutes later I had maneuvered to under 300 yards (my memory is not so good anymore).
Dropped all my gear at the base of a rise and crawled on my belly for a few minutes and got into a prone position for the shot. I was out of breath and the cross hairs were bouncing all over the place.
I remember giggling trying to choose which buck to take. Never happened in my life before (or after). First shot hit him, but both bucks just stood there. The lucky one kept feeding. The other one just stood there not moving.
You always dream of taking that perfect shot with a single shot rifle (I've taken a few), but this one wasn't good. The buck disappeared into bush and then I got up, the other buck bolted, and I went in after the other.
After a few minutes I saw him standing in the bush having difficulty breathing (seem as I was...). Hit him again, and he started walking another 50 yds out into the open, but he just stood there.
Hit him again (WTF?) and he walked away behind another bush. I walked directly to him this time. No way he could go far now (I was hoping, not entirely convinced at this point, that I had been using blanks in the gun).
Found him a minute or two later, laying down and dead.
Well, I thought I had posted this gun in this thread previously but I just went through it all and not so.
This is a Westley Richards Single Barrel Trap Gun, manufactured for North American trap singles. Made in 1914 and shipped to a retailer J A Flett in Vancouver Canada, so Canadian provenance from new. When I contacted Westley Richards for their records on this gun I included some photos and they were really pleased to see them, nobody in their shop had ever seen one of these guns except in old catalogues because they weren't normally sold in Britain. Reportedly completely refurbished by Nick Makinson about 14-15 years ago and hardly used until I aquired it, I make sure it sees lots of clay pigeons now.
This is a Westley Richards Single Barrel Trap Gun, manufactured for North American trap singles. Made in 1914 and shipped to a retailer J A Flett in Vancouver Canada, so Canadian provenance from new. When I contacted Westley Richards for their records on this gun I included some photos and they were really pleased to see them, nobody in their shop had ever seen one of these guns except in old catalogues because they weren't normally sold in Britain. Reportedly completely refurbished by Nick Makinson about 14-15 years ago and hardly used until I aquired it, I make sure it sees lots of clay pigeons now.
Outstanding quality, Ashcroft!
I also like the single rifle (I used to see gorgeous single rifles in Switzerland, used for chamois hunting - long-distance shooting where the hunter gets only one chance).
Somehow I had missed this posts of Ashcroft's. To his point, I have seen Purdey's and Woodward's that have the identical shaping and engraving as this Tolley. they are typically listed for sale for A LOT more than I got the Tolley for and I have yet to see one in as good original condition. This is the only gun in my collection that I have no intention of redoing the finishes.
Awesome
Burton Urnie
Regular
- Location
- Near Woodstock New Brunswick
They should still make these, too bad.Some good old Cooey 84’s...one in each gauge
Nothing felt nicer than the positive click of the cooey action being closed.
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Here's another dandy little .410 I picked up. No maker's name but it bears Birmingham proofs. It sports a 30" octagon to round barrel, side lever opening, straight grip stock, ebony forearm tip, checkered butt and rebounding hammer. The overall condition is very nice including the bore. Everything is tight and the hammer works very smooth. It's a perfect companion to the W Horton I posted earlier.
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Here is a 12 gauge, damascus barrel and Jones underlever. The lock is marked Clarke, and though the script on top of the breech is worn, you can make out Clarke Leicester. The Birmingham proofs put it around 1887. The lock internals, and the wood behind are in fine shape. It has had the forearm replaced with the attaching method changed . Whoever did it did a fine job as it fits the gun perfectly and really suits the gun, almost like it came with it.
