Please tell me what shotgun I have?

It's a Laurona. Made in Spain. If my memory serves those models were imported in the late 60's and sold at Sears or Eatons? My father has both an over/under and a sxs from the era. His sxs is identical to that one. As for value, not much. A few hundred dollars.
 
It appears to be in decent shape - a lot of the Spanish guns of that vintage are not. Fixed choke, double trigger guns are not particularly desirable in this age, and there is a flood of similar guns coming into the country from Europe and the UK. (eg Intersurplus et al.) If the gun had fairly open chokes (most are tightly choked), it would appeal to someone as an upland gun, which would increase its value. (250 - 400$)
 
In the early 60s my brother had one. It would double. Impressive recoil. The innards weren't properly heat treated; required a rebuild to be serviceable.
If this one is working OK, it doesn't have this problem.
 
Yes it appears very solid, I didn’t notice any chokes? , zero experience with a shotgun, first time I’ve ever held one.
I’ll have to take a closer look tonight.
I paid $300 , with the plan to use it towards a trade.
 
The gun has fixed chokes - it was made before removeable chokes were invented. Take a dime and see if it clears the muzzle, generally the right barrel is more open than the left. If the dime passes, you can assume it is Improved Cylinder, or more open.
 
cosmic said:
The gun has fixed chokes - it was made before removeable chokes were invented. Take a dime and see if it clears the muzzle, generally the right barrel is more open than the left. If the dime passes, you can assume it is Improved Cylinder, or more open.
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Dime will clear one barrel, but not the other.
 
Barrel dimensions including choke will be stamped in the proof marks on the barrels.
As has been said, many guns like this have been imported from Scandinavia in recent years, and sold cheaply by Tradeex and their successors.
You paid about what it's worth, if it functions correctly.
 
You don't measure choke constriction with a dime you use a bore gauge if you have access to one and as mentioned the choke constriction it was manufactured with will be stamped on the barrels or flats somewhere. The bore diameters may even be stamped on.
 
45C said:
Dime will clear one barrel, but not the other.
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I'm gonna say you got lucky with the chokes there, if you want to do upland hunting. Most old guns are too tightly choked to be ideal, people wanted them to shoot like a rifle and as a result they aren't too great at closer ranges and a lot of what should be easy shots get missed.
 
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